New Delhi: Finally Congress leader Rahul Gandhi broke his silence today and asserted that Lokpal Act alone will not help eradicate corruption and appeared to disapprove Anna Hazare’s fast, saying “individual dictates” must not weaken democratic process as dangerous precedent could be set.
Agreeing that “corruption is pervasive” which operates at “every level”, Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha that a set of effective laws along with creation of an statutory institution of Lokpal like the Election Commission would be required to fight the malaise.
“We cannot wish away corruption by the mere desire to see it removed from our lives. This requires a comprehensive framework of action and a concerted political programme supported by all levels of the State from the highest to the lowest. Most importantly, it requires firm political will,” he said during Zero Hour, amid noisy protests from NDA members.
Referring to the anti-corruption campaign of Anna Hazare, Gandhi said it has “helped the people to articulate” disillusionment and “I thank him for that”.
At the same time, the Congress leader said, “individual dictates, no matter how well-intentioned, must not weaken the democratic process….A tactical incursion, divorced from the machinery of an elected government that seeks to undo the checks and balances created to protect the supremacy of Parliament sets a dangerous precedent for a democracy.”
“Today, the proposed law is against corruption. Tomorrow, the target may be something less universally heralded. It may attack the plurality of our society and democracy,” Gandhi warned in the House as his sister Priyanka Gandhi watched from the visitors’ gallery.
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