dhadkan of millions..

A 72-year-old man is still in fast and am in deep sleep here! …it didn’t take me, ½ a minute to jump from my bed. ..From yesterday morning, Anna Hazare sat on fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar and in the evening, I was trying to make my friends, in front of the boys’ hostel, appreciate the implications of Jan Lokpal Bill. I easily convinced people here but politicians were not convinced there (Delhi). 

Anna Hazare on fast-unto-death
Photo Courtesy: The Hindu

The chain hunger strike, of this Anti corruption crusade, will continue till April 11 and a 'Jail Bharo' agitation will be launched on April 12, whereby people and activists will court arrest. At this time, Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi appears with an argument, which was like Malinga’s ball and not that easy to avoid. “You can’t dictate us,” was his argument. It made clear that Congress has not come out from and is still with Montesquieu’ s “Separation of Power.” Yes! There is nothing wrong in it. When Supreme Court made it Basic Structure, politicians should remember it. The underlying thing, which he is trying to put forward, is very  simple- Legislature is entrusted with the power to legislate. The Jan Lokpal bill, which Hazare is pressing for enactment to tackle corruption, is not the legislative creation. They fear the fate of the Act being challenged as Unconstitutional. Moreover the asli fear is the precedent that will be set up..

Completely agreed! When representatives are elected and are given power to legislate, what the construction should be, when citizen try to become part the Drafting Committee? Government can take the advice of people but when civil society is coming up with a bill, is government bound to respect that? I completely understand the compulsions of the government but look, things are different here. The demand is not to pass the Bill, which is prepared by the civil society, as it is. The demand is to form a joint committee, which will prepare a bill. In Parliament, legislature is free to discuss, debate and pass.. None is interested to perform legislatures' duty. And about the question of precedent, what precedent they are talking about? Are the Major Acts of Maharashtra, unconstitutional? Is this government going crazy? Come on! you have good lawyers.. Give some valid reasons for non acceptance or else call media and accept it!   

No constituency or a ward is coming together here on a political call... It is the Nations’ will that is involved and the entire Nation is coming together. No compulsion, no temptation, no lust but see and count the number (of people). Voluntary! Voluntary and Voluntary! A yagna is on and Idam Sareeram rastraya swah, idam na mama (this body is for this Nation and not for self!) is mantra today. It is no less than Gandhiji’s 'National Movement' and we are witness to Ajadi ki dusri ladhai. Mahatma of 50's fought for Self Governance and Modern day Mahatma is standing to fight for Good Governance. The Trust deficit or Mistrust among people is verbalism of this agitation and it will soon become a revolution if ignored. However, we the law students will not mind, if this India v. Corruption case bring to the fore a new proposition of law.

 Arnab Goswami rightly pointed out- “if there is a Will, there will be Bill”. My friends, we are not in a Democracy, which is just elective but India is a Participatory Democracy and I will not be condemnable if I say Legislature and Executive of this country are not above Public Will. Let the Public Will be respected and let my country go by the dhadkan of millions..