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Rafale would not have happened if Lokpal was implemented, says Anna Hazare

  •   Mon, Jan 21 2019 08:00:10 PM

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS): A scam like Rafale would not have happened if Lokpal Bill was implemented, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare said on Monday while announcing his indefinite hunger strike from January 30 demanding setting up of Lokpal and Lokayuktas, farm loan waiver and one-time pension for farmers.

Hazare said he didn't understand how a company which was formed in March was given the contract in April "without any prior experience". "I have some papers on Rafale and I will study them and address the issue again," he said while addressing the media.

Hazare also announced that he will be going on "fast until death" from January 30 in his village Ralegan Siddhi to demand the setting up of Lokpal and Lokayukta.

He said that the Narendra Modi government was ignoring the decisions of the constitutional bodies on the Lokpal Bill and trying to take the country towards "dictatorship".

"To run the country on democratic principles, Parliament has been set up as a constitutional body. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha both passed the Lokpal bill, the Supreme Court then repeatedly asked about Lokpal and despite this, your government is not ready to appoint Lokpal.

"What kind of government is this which does not listen to constitutional bodies? What is the difference between a 'baniya' shop (ration shop) and the government? A government which does not implement the decision of its constitutional bodies is trying to take the country away from democracy to dictatorship. I think this is a threat to our democracy," Hazare said.

The Lokpal bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on December 17, 2013, and in the Lok Sabha on December 18, 2013. On January 1, 2014, the President gave his assent to the Lokpal and the Lokayuktas act.

Farmers' group Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh (RKM) said farmers from across the country will join the hunger strike by Hazare to demand full implementation of the MS Swaminathan Commission's recommendations; establishment of Lokpal and Lokayukta; complete farm loan waiver; minimum support prices for vegetables, fruits and milk, and a pension of Rs 5,000 per month for farmers above the age of 60 who do not have any other source of income.

  

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Mon, Jan 21 2019

    kabi kabi iss anna hazaare ko neend chud jaatya hai, aur sheegr mem kumbh karn banjaatha hai.

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  • AMAR NATHAL, MANGALORE

    Mon, Jan 21 2019

    We are helpless as politicians dictate terms to their own gain. How will the politicians, no matter which party, appoint Lokpal to monitor them? Are we not too naive and stupid to think that Modi will appoint someone to convict him? Let the Election Commission make stringent laws for politicians and the Supreme Court uphold those laws. If not, there is no light at the end of the tunnel.

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  • SmR, Karkala

    Mon, Jan 21 2019

    Anna Hazare there is no second coming. You are too late jump the wagon and Rafale is not your piece.
    What you should worry more about is a Modi government hell-bent on diluting the RTI.
    What are the possible changes to RTI?
    1. Raising the prescribed fee to Rs 50, with a provision of providing first 20 copied pages free of cost inclusive of postal charges.
    2. Deleting the word limit of 500 words in a petition, since that it contradicts the first paragraph of the RTI rules.
    3. Restriction on the number of free copied pages to be provided to a BPL person. The reason given in this regard is to avoid the “misuse of the provision by big contractors filing RTI petitions through casual labourers of the BPL category”.
    4. Mode of payment of RTI fees to include RTI stamps, to be issued in denominations of Rs 2, 10 and 50 as per repeated CIC verdicts. The reason furnished is “to abolish the enormous handling charge of postal orders costing Rs 39.99 to the postal department alone apart from clearing operations”.
    5. Draft Rule 16 should be completely changed followed by a last hearing date for better compliance of CIC verdicts. Adding that the post-lunch sessions on the last working day of every week can be reserved for hearings as well.
    6. Making it “compulsory for a public authority to submit a written explanation at least 15 days in advance with a copy to a petitioner”. Also, recommendation to make it compulsory for the CIC to “dispatch a hearing notice at least 30 days before the hearing date”.
    7. Compulsory to file identity proof with every RTI petition filed with a public authority to “avoid mischievous petitions filed in names of others or non-existing persons”. Anonymous RTI petitions can be filed through post box numbers.
    8. RTI petitions addressed to Central public authorities should be accepted post-free at all the 1,60,000 post offices in the country rather than just about 4,500 as at present.
    9 Pending cases of petitions are closed in case of the death applicant.

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  • Fayaz, Mangalore /Dubai

    Mon, Jan 21 2019

    Only feku and his bhakths are saying now there is no scam in Rafael
    We indians feel shame to say chowkidar chore
    Shame on you FEKU you looted public money
    And also put our defense in a big problem

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  • A A, Dubai

    Mon, Jan 21 2019

    Don't worry Annaji, feku will be managing a chai and pakoda shop soon in the next couple of months..

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Jan 21 2019

    Now Anil Ambani & Narendra Modi will spend some years in Tihar ....

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