OVERVIEW
Finally, youth congress has accepted that corruption affects common man and hence it is needed to be tackled by forming lokpal structure in our penal system .
Youth Congress led by Rahul Gandhi has underlined the need to tackle the menace "on a priority basis" and wanted Centre to move "more aggressively" on setting up of Lokpal.
The political resolution passed at the three day national executive meet of Youth Congress at Hubli in Karnataka contains following points and demands
- asked for the setting up of special courts to try only corruption-specific cases.
Noting that corruption affects the common man most, the resolution said,"it needs to be tackled on a priority basis".
- The resolution recommended "more stringent penal provisions" to punish the corrupt public servants by amending the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- The youth body of Congress has also demanded that the "code of criminal proceedure (CrPC) should be amended in order to ensure speedy disposal of corruption-related cases.
The political resolution also demanded that "the Central government should move more aggressively on Constitutionally guaranteed Lokpal bill".
BACKGROUND: Rahul Gandhi had last year made a strong pitch in the Lok Sabha for constitutional status to Lokpal.
