30th Jan.2011
New Delhi.
On the 63rd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, thousands of people assembled at historic Ramlila Maidan to take a call against corruption menace that is weakening the roots of the country. The main motive of this event lead by Dr. Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal, Mr. Ramjethmalani, Swami Agnivesh and many other renowned personalities was to push forward a new "Jan Lokpal" bill. It was organised by the forum 'India Against corruption' and is intended to spread across 55 cities.
The event started off with chanting patriotic songs to realize the power of unity. Mahatma Gandhi, the great Martyrs and the RTI Activists who were killed by Mafia were also commemorated. Labourers from Faridabad, houswives from Dwarka and some ex army men from Gurgaon had just one thing in common and that was their outcry against corruption. Whether students, old men & women, and even kids stood up shouting the slogans "Gandhi hum sharminda hain, bhrashtrachari zinda hain" (Gandhi, we are ashamed that corrupt are still alive).
Among the speakers were first woman IPS officer of India Dr. Kiran Bedi, senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani, Archbishop of Delhi Rev Vincent , apex lawyers Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan and Mehmood Madani. All these leaders joined hands with civil society and made the people to understand that Lokpal bill presented by the Government is just an eye wash, we have to push forward an effective Lokpal bill chosen by the citizens.
Mr. Mehmood Madani said : "I don't find any difference between corruption and terrorism. We have to fight against it as we fought against terrorism"
Activist Arvind Kejriwal said, " We have to create a vote bank against corrupts and pressurize the government to enact the Jan lokpal bill".
Swami Agnivesh whole heartedly praised Supreme Court judges who have been recently giving a tough time to the Government and straightforwardly asked Mr. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resign if he can't publicize the names of the people who have accounts in Swiss Banks.
Citizens also took oath that they won't vote anyone who is corrupt. Around 4:30 PM , this crowd of thousands of people then took a march from Ramlila Maidan to Jantar Mantar where the event ended with singing Rasthragaan.
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Anubha Shukla
nice blog, and beside this we even need to put stress to bring the money back from swiss bank and public should be kept aware of its spending...keep it up ....India will change ...and this is the beginning .
ReplyDeleteMam, the new jan lokpal bill that is formed by the citizens has the provision of getting back the theft from the corrupt.
ReplyDeleteAnd a large part of the rally was dedicated to Swiss Bank Issue.
The rally was awesome........
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