Round 3 of the India Against Corruption’s movement is happening at the historic Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, the seat of power in India. The new form of the Jan Lokpal movement was kicked off with Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai and Arvind Kejriwal’s fast. It seems like a do-or-die battle…
2 commentsThe word Lokpal (Sanskrit: protector of the people) means an ombudsman and has been derived from the Sweden. The basic idea of the Lokpal is borrowed from the office of the ombudsman in other countries. It is drawn up ostensibly to root out corruption at high places the prevailing in…
4 commentsRather than gunning for the corrupt and corruption, government’s Lokpal seems to be gunning for those who complain against corruption. How will Government’s Lokpal work? Suppose some citizen files a complaint to Lokpal against some corrupt government servant. Before the investigations actually start, the government servant can file a cross…
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