भ्रष्टाचार के विरोध में कारगर, ताकतवर और जन-भागीदारी आधारित लोकपाल बिल तैयार करने के लिए अन्ना हजारे की अगुवाई में चले आमरण अनशन की सफल समाप्ति के बाद बहस की एक नई जमीन तैयार हो रही है। बहस के
केंद्र में खुद अन्ना हजारे और
आंदोलन का उनका अहिंसक तरीका है तो जन लोकपाल बिल का वह मसौदा भी।
नागरिक संगठनों का एक तबका अन्ना हजारे के हालिया बयानों से
असहज है और उनकी
धर्मनिरपेक्षता पर अंगुली उठा रहा है। हजारे के आमरण अनशन को समर्थन देने के साथ-साथ नागरिक संगठनों को यह भी लग रहा है कि लड़ाई का असली मोर्चा भ्रष्टाचार नहीं बल्कि सरकारी
शह पर हो रही प्राकृतिक संसाधन की कारपोरेटी लूट है।( देखें एमएपीएम की प्रेस विज्ञप्ति) प्रतिष्ठित नागरिक संगठनों ने अपनी तरफ से बयान जारी
करके यह भी कहा है कि लोकपाल बिल के मसौदे को तैयार करते समय मात्र चंद
लोगों को जनता का प्रतिनिधि ना माना जाय बल्कि विधायी परामर्श की प्रक्रिया
को ज्यादा व्यापक बनाया जाय।(देखें नीचे द हिन्दू(10 अप्रैल) में प्रकाशित विद्या सुब्रम्णयम की रिपोर्ट)
नागरिक संगठन ही नहीं अन्ना हजारे के आमरण-अनशन की सफलता
के बाद स्वतंत्र बुद्धिजीवियों
का एक मुखर तबका भी असहज महसूस कर रहा है। कुछ बुद्धिजीवियों
ने जन लोकपाल विधेयक की वैधानिकता पर सवाल
खड़े करते हुए उसे निरंकुशता के विचारों का वाहक माना है तो कुछ ने प्रातिनिधिक लोकतंत्र में विधायी शक्तियों के बंटवारे के तर्क से जनलोकपाल
बिल को आप्रसंगिक करार दिया है।(देखें नीचे दी गई लिंक में नीरा चंडोक का लेख, कार्तिकेयन तन्ना का साक्षात्कार और प्रतापभानु मेहता का लेख) कुछेक लेखों में अन्ना हजारे की मंशा को ठीक मानते हुए भी जनलोकपाल बिल के प्रस्तावों को
अव्यावहारिक करार दिया गया है।( देखें तवलीन सिंह और नितिन पई के लेख) बुद्धिजीवियों की आलोचना का एक दिलचस्प पहलू यह भी है उसमें एक से ज्यादा दफे खुद आमरण-अनशन
की सत्याग्रही
पद्धति को भयादोहन की तकनीक कहकर आलोचना की गई है।( प्रतापभानु मेहता और नितिन पई का लेख)
आईएम4चेंज की टोली की
तरफ से पाठकों की सुविधा के लिए ऐसे आलेखों के लिंक नीचे पेस्ट की गई है। साथ में कुछ प्रेस विज्ञप्तियां भी
हैं।
आंदोलन की आलोचनाओं के बीच जन-लोकपाल बिल के पक्ष में दो महत्वपूर्ण
आलेख(गोपाल कृष्ण गांधी और प्रशांतभूषण) के शुरुआत में दिए गए हैं।
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS
A Wing First Floor, Haji Habib
Building, Naigaon Cross Road
Dadar (E), Mumbai-400 014 Ph. No-2415 0529 E-mail: napmindia@gmail.com
For
Immediate Release
12th April, 2011
Anna
Hazare’s statement endorsing and appreciating the ‘Modi-Raj' is
unfortunate and unacceptable
It was
shocking to find that Anna Hazareji after receiving support by all of us, with
millions, publicly appreciated the rule as well rural development work by the
Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Narendra Modi. The entire world knows the role
played by him and his administration in the Gujarat’s communal riots. His
government has only indicated callousness and contempt for the farmers and
other natural resource based communities in Gujarat, including those fighting
against displacement from their land and livelihood or for rehabilitation.
On
the issue of corruption, Modi’s response to the initiative to bring in a strong
enactment or to wipe out corruption is, to say the least, only politically
motivated. If only he was committed to an institution like the Jan Lokpal, how could
the Lokpal’s post be vacant in Gujarat since 2005? His government has suppressed massive corruption in the
land purchases while submitted exaggerated data on benefits to the drought
areas of Kutch and Saurashtra and the rural population.
In
Narmada, we have seen how the adivasis in Gujarat, screaming against the legal
violations and deprivation in the rehabilitation work do not receive any
response and the Modi Government is ready to submerge the best of agricultural
land and generations old villages and township in the dam reservoir in three
states.
As
a shrewd politician, Mr. Modi knows how to divide the secular force and seek
advantage for himself and his party. We shouldn’t however fall prey to this.
Anna too must hear and heed to the serious grievances and charges coming from
the activists and people in Gujarat against Mr. Modi and his government.
Gujarat is growing only for and with the industrialists at the cost of those
contributing their land or human labour and now the local communities in
Gujarat have also stood up to the challenge the injustices.
All
of this clearly indicate a betrayal of rural needy population for his corporate
vision. We surely would join many of Gujarat’s progressive activists who know
the ground reality and the atrocities against the dalits, adivasis, minorities
and other downtrodden population to tell Anna that he should stay away from
supporting politicians until and unless they prove their mettle and commitment
to people’s causes. We agree with the
letters written by activists Rohit Prajapati and Trupti Shah to Anna, seeking
an explanation. The common people of India have supported the battle against
corruption with faith in our campaign and credibility as people’s movements
based on the core values of equity, justice, democracy, secularism and
plurality. This should not be compromised at any cost.
Endorsed
by:
Medha
Patkar Aruna Roy Kavita Srivastava
Maj Genl. (Retd.) Sudhir Vombatkere Vimalbhai
Sandeep Pandey Anand Mazgaonka Madhuresh Kumar
Thomas Kochhery Kamayani Sister
Celia Simpreet Singh Rajendra Ravi
Arundhati Dhuru D. Gabriele Suniti
S.R. Uma Shankari Faisal Khan Ashish
Ranjan Saraswati Kavula
National
Alliance of People’s Movements; National Office: Room No. 29-30, 1st floor, ‘A’ Wing, Haji
Habib Bldg, Naigaon Cross Road, Dadar (E), Mumbai - 400 014;
Ph:
022-24150529
E-mail:
napmindia@gmail.com | napm@napm-india.org
Delhi
Contact : 09818905316
PRESS
RELEASE
New
Delhi, April 8 : It's fourth day of the
anti-corruption agitation across the country and NAPM members too joined the
struggles across Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and other parts of
the country with a demand for Jan Lokpal and addressing the corruption all
around. NAPM emphasises the need to repeal the legislations like SEZ Act, Land
Acquisition Act and other draconian laws which are facilitating the corruption
all around. Addressing the gathering in Hyderabad NAPM AP Convener, B
Ramakrishna Raju said, “the need for rooting out the corruption is paramount
today and probity in public life along with the transparency and accountability
of governments and corporations has to be established.”
Conveners
of NAPM Medha Patkar, Bhupender Singh Rawat, Rajendra Ravi, Dr. Sunilam, Dr.
Rakesh Rafiq, Faisal Khan; and Vivekanad Mathne (Maharashtra), Akshay Kumar
(Orissa), Rajkumar Sinha (MP) from other associated organisations participated
in the dharna at Jantar Mantar today.
No
Rift in the Agitation, NAPM Reiterates Support
Contrary
to media reports in certain sections, Medha Patkar reiterated her support to
the agitation and justified the demand for Jan Lokpal, she added, “demand for a
joint committee is nothing new, it will only make the law making process more
participatory in the country. We are not trying to undermine the sanctity of
the Parliament and Constitution, any draft will finally have to be approved by
the Cabinet and passed by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. So, this is not extra
constitutional. Perhaps it can pave the way for more progressive legislations
in future and similar initiatives must be taken for the proposed land
acquisition amendment Act and other Acts with far reaching legislations.”
Time
for Political Reforms and Wider Struggle
NAPM
welcomes the larger upsurge in the country and coming out of the millions of
people cutting across caste, religion, class and professional boundaries on the
street in support of the demand for rooting out the corruption. The agitation
has given a hope for wider political awakening in the country and hopefully the
struggles against the corporate corruption, massive loot of natural resources
and larger institutional corruption will gain strength from this. NAPM calls
for a broader struggle against communalism, patriarchy and casteism in the
society too.
We
believe the energy generated from this agitation needs to be channelised and
onus lies on the secular and democratic political forces of the country to
mobilise it for a larger political reform in the country. Our movement have to
beware of the communal forces and rabid nationalism in the name of the struggle
and such tendencies need to be condemned.
Time
for Governments to Act
UPA
government must come out in public on this issue and clarify its stand on the
corruption and so should the other political parties. It is time not for hiding
under the technicalities but it's time for action and NAPM hopes government
will respond positively to the demands of the movement.
Signed
:
Madhuresh
Kumar & Anand Mazgaonkar, Corodinators 9818905316 | napmindia@napm-india.org
National
Alliance of People’s Movements
National
Office: Room No. 29-30, 1st floor, ‘A’ Wing, Haji Habib Bldg, Naigaon Cross Road, Dadar
(E), Mumbai - 400 014;
Ph:
022-24150529
6/6, Jangpura B, Mathura Road, New Delhi 110014
Phone
: 011 26241167 / 24354737 Mobile : 09818905316
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इस
मुद्दे पर जारी बहस के लिए कुछ जरुरी लिंक-
OF FASTS AND FASTING - Cynics must see the true value of Anna Hazare’s action
http://telegraphindia.com/1110414/jsp/opinion/story_13839314.jsp
Jan Lokpal bill: addressing concerns- Prashant Bhushan
http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/15/stories/2011041556271000.htm
The
seeds of authoritarianism- Neera Chandhoke
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-seeds-of-authoritarianism/774794/
Citizen
Anna and agent Prashant by Rashmee Roshan Lall, The Times of India, 10 April,
2011,
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/special-report/Citizen-Anna-and-agent-Prashant/articleshow/7931100.cms
Jan
Lok Pal is no solution,
http://www.dailypioneer.com/330414/Jan-Lok-Pal-is-no-solution.html
Tavleen
Singh: A despotic Jan Lokpal Bill is not the solution
http://luthfispace.blogspot.com/2011/04/tavleen-singh-despotic-jan-lokpal-bill.html
The
Hazare hazard, 6 April, 2011
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-hazare-hazard-/431045/
Against
Jan Lok Pal and the politics of hunger strikes
http://acorn.nationalinterest.in/2011/04/08/against-jan-lok-pal-and-the-politics-of-hunger-strikes/
Anna
Hazare is good. But Jan Lokpal Bill is an institutional nightmare.
http://luthfispace.blogspot.com/2011/04/anna-hazare-is-good-but-jan-lokpal-bill.html
Vital
Stats: Corruption cases against government officials, PRS Legislative Research,
http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/general/1302269425~~Vital%20Stats%20-%20Corruption%20cases%20against%20government%20officials%2008Apr11.pdf
Why
I didn’t join Anna Hazare by Javed Anand, The Indian Express, 14 April, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/why-i-didnt-join-anna-hazare/775806/
Hazare
clarifies remarks on Modi, but activists unrelenting by Manas Dasgupta, The
Hindu, 13 April, 2011,
http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/13/stories/2011041364651600.htm
Why
this sordid surrender? by CL Manoj, The Economic Times, 13 April, 2011, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/guest-writer/why-this-sordid-surrender/articleshow/7968458.cms
Lokpal
Bill should include PM too, says Santosh Hegde by Manu Aiyappa, The Times of
India, 13 April, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Lokpal-Bill-should-include-PM-too-says-Santosh-Hegde/articleshow/7966717.cms
Disquiet
over Modi in Anna Hazare's camp by Manoj Mitta, The Times of India, 13 April,
2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Disquiet-over-Modi-in-Anna-Hazares-camp/articleshow/7968020.cms
Lokpal
Bill must cover NGOs, corporates: Digvijaya, The Indian Express, 13 April,
2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Lokpal-Bill-must-cover-NGOs--corporates--Digvijaya/775346/
Anna
optimistic, but lokayuktas fail in states by Sumit Pande, CNN-IBN, 12 April,
2011, http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anna-optimistic-but-lokayuktas-fail-in-states/149049-3.html
Anna
Hazare and Jan Lokpal Bill may fail by Priyankan Goswami, Times of Assam, 9 April,
2011
http://www.timesofassam.com/headlines/anna-hazare-and-jan-lokpal-bill-may-fail
Why
tar all politicians with the same brush? The Indian Express, 12 April,
2011,
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/why-tar-all-politicians-with-the-same-brush/774797/
The
seeds of authoritarianism by Neera Chandhoke, The Indian Express, 12 April,
2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-seeds-of-authoritarianism/774794/
Rs
100, a sari, a bottle, The Indian Express, 12 April, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rs-100-a-sari-a-bottle/774804/
Anna
Hazare and India’s return to the 1970s by Siddharth Bhatia, Live Mint, 11
April, 2011, http://www.livemint.com/2011/04/11213538/Anna-Hazare-and-India8217s.html
The
problem with the Jan Lokpal bill & Hunger Strikes
http://politicsmonitor.com/?p=340
Contrarian
view on Jan Lokpal Bill: Conversation with Kartikeya Tanna
http://www.barandbench.com/brief/2/1395/contrarian-view-on-jan-lokpal-bill-conversation-with-kartikeya-tanna
The
Making of Anna Hazare, http://kafila.org/2011/04/12/the-making-of-anna-hazare/
Civil
Society - Effective but Limited and Contextual by Roshan Kishore, Pragoti, 8
April, 2011, http://pragoti.org/node/4354
The
Anna Hazare Show by Manu Joseph,
http://openthemagazine.com/article/voices/the-anna-hazare-show
The
Jagran At Jantar Mantar by Saba Naqvi, Outlook, 10 April, 2011, http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?271279
Lokpal
Bill: Aruna Roy for “broad, public consultation” by Vidya Subrahmaniam, The
Hindu, 10 April, 2011, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1683010.ece
Politics
vs populism by Sanjaya Baru, The Business Standard, 11 April, 2011, http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sanjaya-baru-politics-vs-populism/431690/
Politicians
close ranks by JP Yadav, The Telegraph, 10 April, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110410/jsp/nation/story_13834926.jsp
Civil
society’s unreal politics, Live Mint, 10 April, 2011, http://www.livemint.com/2011/04/10210019/Civil-society8217s-unreal-p.html
No
nepotism in Lokpal Bill panel: Hazare, IANS, 10 April, 2011, http://dailypioneer.com/330658/No-nepotism-in-Lokpal-Bill-panel-Hazare.html
Nepotism
cry in Anna camp, The Telegraph, 10 April, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110410/jsp/frontpage/story_13835024.jsp
Ramdev hijacks graft stage for politics, The Times of India, 9 April, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ramdev-hijacks-graft-stage-for-politics/articleshow/7922725.cms
Baba
Ramdev backtracks, says no problem with Bhushans, The Indian Express, 10 April,
2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/baba-ramdev-backtracks-says-no-problem-with-bhushans/774274/
Despite
Ramdev's objections, Hazare with us: Shanti Bhushan, The Indian Express, 10
April, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/despite-ramdevs-objections-hazare-with-us-shanti-bhushan/774252/
Jan Lokpal will be a ‘super' government, feels Congress by Aarti Dhar, The
Hindu, 9 April, 2011, http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/09/stories/2011040966411800.htm
Jan Lokpal Bill undermines democracy: experts by Marya Shakil, IBN, 8 April,
2011, http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jan-lokpal-bill-undermines-democracy-experts/148609-3.html
Of the few, by the few by Pratap Bhanu Mehta, The Indian Express, 7 April,
2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/of-the-few-by-the-few/772773/0
Arrest-release
boosts Akhil Gogoi’s movement by Syed Miraz Ahmed, The Assam Times, 11 April,
2011, http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/4920.html
Drafting
of Lokpal Bill to be videographed: Anna Hazare, Yahoo.com, 10 April, 2011, http://in.news.yahoo.com/drafting-lokpal-bill-videographed-anna-hazare-20110410-044019-768.html
Lokpal
bill in monsoon session, fast track courts for corruption cases, The Indian
Express, 9 April, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lokpal-bill-in-monsoon-session-fast-track-courts-for-corruption-cases/774003/
Lokpal
Bill: United in opposition, civil society a divided lot by Manoj Mitta, The
Times of India, 7 April, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lokpal-Bill-United-in-opposition-civil-society-a-divided-lot/articleshow/7892019.cms
The
fatal flaws in the government's Lokpal Bill by Iftikhar Gilani, Tehelka, 5
April, 2011, http://tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws050411ACTIVISM.asp
Lokpal
vs Jan Lokpal: A study in contrast, India Today, 5 April, 2011, http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/134429/latest-headlines/lokpal-vs-jan-lokpal-a-study-in-contrast.html
Lokpal
Bill: Government vs Anna Hazare, IBN, 6 April, 2011, http://ibnlive.in.com/news/lokpal-bill-government-vs-anna-hazare/148415-3.html
Cracks
appear in Anna’s team, Govt plans to reach out by Seema Chishti and Maneesh
Chhibber, Express India, 7 April, 2011, http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Cracks-appear-in-Annas-team-Govt-plans-to-reach-out/772834/
Sharad
Pawar quits GoM on Lokpal bill, IBN, 6 April, 2011, http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sharad-pawar-quits-gom-on-corruption/148466-37-64.html
