Defending himself and Kiran Bedi, who is under attack for inflating her travel bills, Kejriwal on Tuesday (Oct 25, 2011,) said, "If someone paid the ticket examiner in Railway because he needed a ticket, so that person cannot question Suresh Kalmadi? Is this the message being given out?
"Do you mean to say that out of 120 crore people, only saints can question UPA's corruption and government will keep on robbing people? If anybody questions then that person will be asked to look into his case first," he said and warned that if the current smear campaign continues, the next movement will be 10 times bigger.
"Dont forgive us. Give us twice the punishment given to common people. But bring Lokpal and you will have to," he said.
He lamented that the whole attention is being shifted from corruption movement and Lokpal to core committe which has "no importance".
"Whether Kiran Bedi paid bills or not has become national issue. It will not benefit nation. It will be useful when Lokpal will come. Government should understand that their ways and methods are increasing the anger among people," he said.
"If Kiran bedi has committed a crime, hang her. Send her to jail but talk about Lokpal Bill. Whatever mistake she has done, investigate and punish her but we cannot decide it in a press conference whether the allegations are true or false," he said.
On Lokpal Bill, he said there was no other way than passing Lokpal Bill and they were ready for dialogue.
"When had we run away from dialogue. But on the other hand allegations were levelled against us everyday. They spoilt the atmosphere. Who is creating disturbance. If the government's intentions are honest, then the Bill can be passed in a day," he said.
Asked about the "Gang of Four" referred to by Hazare, Kejriwal said it was a guess and only Hazare knows about it. "I don't know," he said.
"Investigate us, put all the agencies in the country after us, punish us in the harshest way but you will have to bring the Lokpal Bill," he said.
Editor's view: Arvind is right in saying that LOKPAL should not loose strength because facts against them(Arvind and Kiran) maybe real but are presented to loose the strength of the movement. But I don't support Arvind's rail example(first para) as a corrupt is corrupt weather a rail briber or a national level corrupt, small corruption is the root of big one.
source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow1/10489397.cms
"Do you mean to say that out of 120 crore people, only saints can question UPA's corruption and government will keep on robbing people? If anybody questions then that person will be asked to look into his case first," he said and warned that if the current smear campaign continues, the next movement will be 10 times bigger.
"Dont forgive us. Give us twice the punishment given to common people. But bring Lokpal and you will have to," he said.
He lamented that the whole attention is being shifted from corruption movement and Lokpal to core committe which has "no importance".
"Whether Kiran Bedi paid bills or not has become national issue. It will not benefit nation. It will be useful when Lokpal will come. Government should understand that their ways and methods are increasing the anger among people," he said.
"If Kiran bedi has committed a crime, hang her. Send her to jail but talk about Lokpal Bill. Whatever mistake she has done, investigate and punish her but we cannot decide it in a press conference whether the allegations are true or false," he said.
On Lokpal Bill, he said there was no other way than passing Lokpal Bill and they were ready for dialogue.
"When had we run away from dialogue. But on the other hand allegations were levelled against us everyday. They spoilt the atmosphere. Who is creating disturbance. If the government's intentions are honest, then the Bill can be passed in a day," he said.
Asked about the "Gang of Four" referred to by Hazare, Kejriwal said it was a guess and only Hazare knows about it. "I don't know," he said.
"Investigate us, put all the agencies in the country after us, punish us in the harshest way but you will have to bring the Lokpal Bill," he said.
Editor's view: Arvind is right in saying that LOKPAL should not loose strength because facts against them(Arvind and Kiran) maybe real but are presented to loose the strength of the movement. But I don't support Arvind's rail example(first para) as a corrupt is corrupt weather a rail briber or a national level corrupt, small corruption is the root of big one.
source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow1/10489397.cms
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThe editor has written: "But I don't support Arvind's rail example(first para) as a corrupt is corrupt weather a rail briber or a national level corrupt, small corruption is the root of big one."
I feel, by the rail example Arvid Kejriwal was only putting forward a question 'can only clean un-corrupt people question the corrupt ?! '. I am sure Arvind Kejriwal also has the same opinion as the editor that however small the act maybe, it is still corruption.
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Dear Anonymous reader
ReplyDeleteI respect your views. Arvind said the right thing and the right example but it can be interpreted in different ways. I will take care of your view and opinion next time. Thanks for feedback
Yours sincerly
Vinayak(editor)