Mayawati,
I wish I could have started my letter with Behan Mayawati or Mayawati ji considering your stature and age. But I am extremely sorry that my conscience is not allowing me to use those respectful words for you and I wouldn`t like to be a double faced either like your parliamentarian colleagues. However I would like to assure you that I won`t be disrespectful in this letter, I would be just a true adviser.
First of all I would like to clarify that I am not a BJP, Congress or Janata Party supporter. However I admire Narendra Modi JI for his development works, Subramanian Swamy JI for his courageous fight against corruption, Nitish Kumar JI for his love for Bihar, and Naveen Patnaik JI for his love for the poor. I am unable to hide my surprise that without any of these quaities you are chief minister of the most populus state of the country.
Well, I tried to uproot my surprise by watching news channels, you youtube videos, by reading articles about UP but as I read more I got more drenched in disgust and shock.
Below are few areas where you performed exceptionally well to receive such condemnation:-
Ridicule of Law and order:-
After doing all the research it seems to me that UP has become haven for rapists and corrupted people under your regime. Everyone seems to relish rape in UP, it has become fundamental right of your goons. While you are busy raping finacial and moral state of UP, Policemen and MLAs are busy raping women. Let me congratulate you that with all these untiring efforts of such nymphomaniacs, Uttar Pradesh performs exceptionally well in sexual harassment on women and specifically on dalit girls. I just can`t imagine your apathy towards these raped dalit women and sympathy towards devils who perform such heinous acts.
I remember, you won the last elections promising to improve the law and order situation in the state, accusing the then chief minister Mulayam Singh of protecting criminals and the corrupt.
But unfortunately statistics are intended to malign your vows and spotless image. According to 2009 report of National crime record bureau, Uttar Pradesh reported the highest police complaints, kidnapping & abduction cases, and murder or attempt to murder cases accounting for 38.1% (25,16,328 out of 66,03,974), 19.4% (6083 out of 31,238), and 14.2% (4534 out of 31,728) respectively. Surprisingly UP also stood second highest on atrocities on SC/ST accounting for 21.2% of total cases in India (2556 out of 12048). I thought you loved SC/ST/OBC and dalits.
You also need to be happy on your state`s excellent performance in fake encounters. According to the sources, over the period of last three years NHRC received complaints that 111 people were killed by security forces in Uttar Pradesh in alleged fake encounters.
I know you would also be happy to know that you are such a benevolent CM of the country that more than 3.5 lacs Bangladeshi immigrants are safely staying in UP, majority of them even managed to procure electoral photo identity cards and ration cards.
Your sympathy with crime is such that many terrorists are receiving shelter in Azamgarh and other cities of Uttar Pradesh to execute their noble activities.
To make the law and order situation worse coal mafias and rackets are forming strategic alliance with politiicians and businessmen to gain the supremacy. In the process they are not only extorting money from industry related people but also firing shots at competitors. On the other hand, Power theft is thought to account for as much as 40 percent of available electricity supply in many districts in Uttar Pradesh. CAG reports indicate as many as 8,905 cases of financial bungling in the department of energy over a period of two years. Consequently, collective effects of these crimes and corruption cases leave your state and people in acute power crisis and instead of taking corrective actions against such criminals you are busy in tug-of-war with center over coal allotment in the power plants.
Sorry state of basic infrastructure, forget about the developments :-
Government hospitals, which used to be the only friends of poor are also engulfed in corruption and mismanagement in Uttar Pradesh. A report prepared by the state health directorate claims that 140 surgeons posted in various governments hospitals have not performed a single surgery in last three months of year 2010 against the target of performing 50 surgeries a month. Hospitals are also facing a desperate need of doctors but qualified doctors are not willing to join them. The state health department had advertised for 5,511 posts of doctors last year, out of which, only 1000 doctors joined the services. Your government knows better how to run hospitals without doctors and operations.
Competing with politicians, senior officials of Department of Family Welfare are also trying hard to topple the corruption list. Three senior officials were chargesheeted for alleged irregularities in awarding contracts to Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation Limited (UPSICL) under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). More worrying, NRHM is already facing heat over a scam under which thousands of NRHM officials in UP laundered Rs.3,700 crore the state received from the Centre under the scheme to improve healthcare for the poor and over three mysterious murders.
On the other hand school health programme started in BJP era is also crying for immediate attention and support. Neither the state health department is following its outlined work, nor the health report of the school children in the state is available. Your state also performs worst in the first-ever district level health survey which generates deep concerns on birth rate, infant mortality rate, maternity mortality rate in Uttar Pradesh.
Farmers in India are in state of dismay and misery due to apathy of rain Gods but in Uttar Pradesh farmers` despair is becoming incessant due to cruelty of earthy devils. To add a feather in your crown of achievements, your money mongering real estate friends and your loyalty towards them would soon make UP a land of suicides. Again congratulations for that !!
Due to mismanagement of Rs 7000 crore that you received from the center as special package, Bundelkhand farmers` condition remains as poor as it was . According to sources around 600 farmers committed suicide in last 6 months only in Bundelkhand. I can see blood stains on your shining diamond-studded tiaras.
I hope you could have learnt something from Bihar and Nitish Kumar Ji. Gone are the days when people used to take names of UP-Bihar together to talk about corruption, crime and poor conditions. Now when Bihar is busy in working towards a State Gross Domestic Product (SGDP) more than 11% , your state being most populous in the country is busy in reveling 6-7% SGDP. I would request you to spare some time from your statue making ritual and ask your MLAs and policemen to take a leave from killing and raping spree, so that you and your team can think about the development of Uttar Pradesh which has a per capita income of Rs.26,051 only, the second lowest in the country, against the national average of Rs.54,835. I would also suggest you to make the best utilization of that Rs. 47,000 crores given by planning commission in the development of the state and not in making statues or sandals.
Rampant corruption:-
It`s my pleasure to write a letter to a lady who knows how to institutionalize the corruption with competitive fealty payments to replacing shootouts. I read that just to run as a BSP parliamentary candidate costs roughly 250,000 dollars. . This excerpt from a leading newspapers,`` Those contacts that must deal with the government (which in state-centric India means nearly everyone) remarked on Mayawati's vice-like grip on all levers of power. All decisions must run through Mayawati or her very small coterie of advisors.`` really shows your capabilities to centralize the power and corruption.
Corruption was rampant in as many as 68 departments of the Uttar Pradesh government, the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has revealed.
According to the report, a total of 17,429 cases (in 2010) of glaring financial irregularities were detected over a period of two years. The report points out that the highest number of 8,905 cases of financial bungling was detected in the department of energy, followed by the housing sector, where 5,074 such cases were pending.
The 3700 crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam and three murders have left the state and country in shock but you haven`t solved that mystery yet. I can imagine the widespread jungle raj in your state that erstwhile enviable post of director of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) doesn`t attract a single IAS anymore. What would be the plight of common man in a land where not even IAS officers feel safe and secure ?
UP Lokayukta Justice N K Mehrotra went on the records admitting that Lokayukt in UP has less powers as compared to Lokayukt in MP and Karnataka. He also admits that out of 9 recommendations which he made from 2006 to 2010, your government partially acted only on 2 and closed rest of the seven recommendations.
Culmination of ostentation and tyranny:-
Let me also thank you for enabling Uttar Pradesh and India to witness such unprecedentedly tyrannical incidents. Those incidents force me to call you a self-obsessed and unconcerned narcisist and to name your policemen, and MLAs (read goons) unworthy sycophants. Considering your mental state I can totally understand your love affair with diamond-studded tiaras, jewellery, garlands of currency notes, and ostentatious birthday celebrations. But this love has become so heinous that your puppet MLAs don`t even think twice before killing a citizen who refuses to give donation for your birthday celebration. Don`t you taste blood of poor in your birthday cakes?
I don`t know who are your advisers but believe me spending poor`s 2000 crores on statues and parks won`t make you immortal and exquisite but a true concern for poor would make you admirable.
Yesterday only I read about your lunatic obsession with sandals. I mean, how can you order a President medal winner chief security officer like DSP Padam Singh to clean your sandals? Worse than that how can you waste state`s Rs. one million in sending an empty jet to pick up a pair of sandals ? I am sure dying farmers` and raped women`s curse will soon turn your sandals into thorns.
A state where even highways are in extremely poor condition, you relish a private road from your residence to the office, which is cleaned immediately after your multiple vehicle convoy reaches its destination. I wish you see results of these in the next ballot counting.
Your tyranny and egomania doesn`t end here, you rarely speaks with the media and when you hold a press conference, questions are not allowed. More worrying, media people claim that the you have ordered taping of phones of not only civil servants but also journalists. Most civil servants now refuse to talk to the press. Reporters fear losing their jobs should they print anything negative about Mayawati. I hope you come out of your illusions and realize that you are not living in 1930-1940s with name Adolf Hitler.
I wish you could have learned a bit of simplicity from our Rashtrapita Gandhi ji. Sandals, statues, parks, diamonds don`t make one immortal, love for people and simplicity make one appreciable.
I would like to congratulate you that now world knows about your demented state. Recently US intelligence dispatch on Wikileaks called you "a first rate egomaniac” who runs the state “like a fiefdom”, and a "virtual paranoid dictator". The US Embassy cable goes on to say: "India has seen such political personalities before, and never failed to deal with them eventually at the ballot box.``
Last thing that I need to tell you is mend your and your MLAs` attitude, and start working, after that I would be the happiest person to call you Behan ji or Mayawati ji.
Your well-wisher,
Pankaj Gupta,
Boston, MA
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Press Release : Boston celebrates the first milestone of JanLokpal Bill
In the past three weeks, Massachusetts has observed an unprecedented number of Non Resident Indians coming out in support of JanLokpal bill and the Indian anticorruption movement. A group of like minded people in Boston collaborated through a combination of technology and Ideology for the sake of common objective - Protest against corruption in India. They got united under the big umbrella of India Against Corruption – Boston USA. This group kicked off their initiatives by conducting awareness session at Faxon Commons in Quincy followed by a candle light vigil at Fountainhead in Westborough, a Student protest at University of Massachusetts Amherst and a series of awareness campaigns at Laxmi temple in Ashland, regatta Point in Worcester, at beaconVillage in Burlington and Northeastern University at Boston. These initiatives has become an epitome of the unity in diversity as people who belong to different states, different profession , different political and religious views set aside all their differences and took time off from their hectic work schedules to be part of this common Indian cause . These effort aired in medias back in India gave a huge inspiration for more people to come out and to be part of the movement.
The culmination of this movement was passing the JanLokpal Bill resolution in both parliament houses back in India and Anna declaring that he would break his fast on the 13th day. The jubilant group urged for a grand victory celebrations at Harvard Square amidst Hurricane –‘Irene’. This grand finale was to show the determination of united Indians here in Boston calling for a corruption free India. The volunteers arrived at Harvard Square with Indian flags and banners written with anti-corruption slogans. The young and the young at heart had their face painted with the Indian tri color. Everyone became one voice when they started singing patriotic songs and declared that they are all Anna , an embodiment of anti-corrupt leader with Gandhian principles. Further, an update about the group’s activities were shared and urged that they will all be supporting the necessary reforms initiated by Anna. They took out some time to brainstorm about their views on anti corruption movement.
According to Gautam Das , an employee at University of Massachussets, justifies that Anna's movement will definitely eradicate the corruption in India. He says that Anna's movement has brought anti corruption awareness among all class of people in India and now ownwards, the corrupts will have less space to survive in India. He brought an example of the reduction in corruption that occurred in countries like Singapore after passing strong anti corruption bill and he demands an urgent approval of the bill in the parliament.
Suman Kumar, a finance professional, explains that many in this group had previously bribed for issuing birth certificate, retirement fund, pension, death certificate, securing a School admission or a Govt. Job etc. Till few years back, corruption in India was just a suffocation for middle class but remained as a menace for poor people. Now, with huge scams coming out using Right to Information Act, middle class who were silent spectators realized the need of the hour and joined the lower class for the fight against corruption. He adds that the sacrifices and determination of the immaculate Anna Hazare inspired the mass and this was the turning point of this movement.
In the view point of Pankaj Gupta, a product Marketing Manager, none of the government since Independence has contributed much to tackle corruption. All the attempts were diluted since it will revoke the illicit power and money enjoyed by them. He shared that he has a huge optimism about JanLokpal bill making a tough control over corruption in India.
Sreenath Kadreppa, a student from University of Massachussets, said he wonders why a big row is made over Prime Minister bringing under Lokpal and he reminds that all the civil servants are accountable, no matter what position they assume.
Amitabh Sharma, a post doc from Northeastern University, seconds that Anna Hazare can be viewed as the second Gandhi of India where the latter fight for us to grab freedom from British where the former is in the process of fulfilling latter’s dream of corruption free India and self sustainable villages. Both of them followed the principles of non violence and non co-operation in their movement.
-Swa Le
Thursday, August 25, 2011
IAC T-shirt for the big event
If you guys are interested in wearing a IAC t-shirt for the big event at Harvard square, the below procedure may help you.
1) Go to Staples or any office stationary shop and get the light fabric transferable kit. It comes like 6 paper for $9. You can use it for three or six t-shirts.
2) Then get a white T-shirt. A sale is available for sonomo t-shirts at Kohl's for $9.
3) print the below logos on the white side of the transferable paper in the LANDSCAPE mode (first print and confirm on a plain paper )
Front side logo
http://docs.com/E3Q6
Back side logo
http://docs.com/E4F6
4) Keep the printed paper over the T-shirt (with printed side down) and iron it as per the instructions.
You are all set with the IAC t-shirt. Let me know if you have any doubts/suggestions.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
How government deal with many Lokpal Bills?
If everyone asks for individual lokpal bill then then how govt. is will handle that?
Government represents the people and they should consider our suggestions. The government should understand that Constitution is drafted by Constituent Assembly but it's the people of India who have accepted it. First few lines of preamble of the Constitution starts with "..we the people of India.....". If the government doesnt take initiatives, then movements like this will happen now or later. Government has to draft a strong Lokpal bill accepting the right suggestions rather than oppressing the movement in a draconian and undemocratic way.
Government represents the people and they should consider our suggestions. The government should understand that Constitution is drafted by Constituent Assembly but it's the people of India who have accepted it. First few lines of preamble of the Constitution starts with "..we the people of India.....". If the government doesnt take initiatives, then movements like this will happen now or later. Government has to draft a strong Lokpal bill accepting the right suggestions rather than oppressing the movement in a draconian and undemocratic way.
How Lokpal Bill and Jan Lokpal are different?
Highlights
| Draft Lokpal Bill (2010) | Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's Ombudsman Bill) |
|---|---|
| Lokpal will have no power to initiate suo motu action or receive complaints of corruption from the general public. It can only probe complaints forwarded by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. | Lokpal will have powers to initiate suo moto action or receive complaints of corruption from the general public. |
| Lokpal will only be an Advisory Body with a role limited to forwarding reports to a "Competent Authority". |
How NRIs can make a difference?(more to add)
NRI send back to India $55 billion annually as remittance, one of the core factor in India's economy. Reverse brain drain is getting prevented because of the failure of the system in preventing corruption. Many of the NRI who get back to India to participate in India's development ended up in failure just because of the need to pay bribe for getting things done.
This movement is a chance and wakeup call for all Indians including NRI. Our protest from the educational capital of the world will definitely put government under pressure. It is the opportunity for an NRI to express their concerns and demand their rights which were oppressed since years.
Criticism against Lokpal & Answers
I don't believe that a single law can remove corruption. What Anna says about the law being capable of removing 65 per cent of corruption is baseless. As for this wave, I don't think we can call this a movement, for that needs years of commitmen -- Aruna Roy
See if you believe atleast 1 percent of corruption can be restricted by bringing this law, why it is still not passed in parliament. If there is a better law, why is it not brought??
The Lokpal bill was first introduced by Shanti Bhushan in 1968 and passed in the 4th Lok Sabha in 1969. But it did not get through in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. Subsequent versions were re-introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005 and in 2008, but none of them passed.Why is it not passed? Since politicians and beauracrats are not interested to fix the isssue of corruption, someone has to come forward.
India Against Corruption Boston Chapter
India Against Corruption - Boston Chapter
What is India Against Corruption?
India Against Corruption (IAC) is a citizen's movement to demand strong anti-corruption laws. Lokpal bills were introduced several times since 1968, yet they were never passed by the Indian Parliament. After a fast by veteran social activist Anna Hazare and widespread protests by citizens across India the Government of India constituted a 10-member Joint Committee of ministers and civil society activists to draft an effective Jan Lokpal Bill. The primary focus of IAC movement is to ensure a strong Lokpal bill. The IAC is a strictly voluntary organization and its participants are bound by the IAC code of conduct.
What is Jan Lokpal?
An institution in the centre as well as at the state level with 10 members and a chairperson each. And this will be having negligible influence from politicians as well as bureaucrats. The body will ensure time bound investigations on corruptions, recovery of loss caused to government, Confiscation of assets and power to punish if orders are not followed. The institution is so structured that they cannot be corrupted.
What is so special about it?
This is not a golden wand against corruption, but a serious attempt to control corruption. Government has drafted a toothless bill which is introduced in parliament for namesake. Such kind of political games can be curbed and the uncorrupted among them can do their task without any deadlock. By the presence of this body, we can ensure both politicians and bureaucrats will accomplish their quality task in time bound manner and all the citizen of India will be delivered justice equally without bribing anyone.
Why Boston needs to support?
Boston , being the educational capital of the world, is a hub for huge Indian expats and the demonstration at this city will come into lime light easily. Our peaceful protest planned at MIT and Harvard publicized through the invited national and international medias will definitely pressurize the Indian government to reform the law and Anna Hazare will receive the support from Boston Indians at the earliest.
What are we planning?
We are initially planning for awareness sessions at different part of Massachusetts and in a week time we will be planning a major event at Boston. Finally, I would like to urge my fellow Indians to come join the movement. Bostonians!!!.. This is the Chance…the Chance to fight for an Indian Cause… the Cause for bringing a strong anti corruption bill…Let the government hear our voice for achieving freedom from corruption. Join the Facebook group for more updates on Jan Lokpal Bill as well as the venue and date of the peaceful meetings. Pamphlet - http://www.indiaagainstcorruption.org/docs/english_pamphlet.pdf
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