Corruption - The invisible murderer of democracy

The main cause that had moved me to come up with a plan of blogging to raise my voice for the cause of democracy was the anti-corruption movement going throughout the nation. I was actually planning to wait, design and choke out plans for my way of blogging. Just then happened the never expected massacre. The "ramlila maidan" massacre. The fiery night that led us to stand and view murder of democracy. The heinous event that media covered up as "drama".

I guess every responsible citizen of this largest democracy knows what happened that night. Yet, I would surely cover it up again. No, not as a drama that just are made on the state for the cause of entertainment. But let me first brief the overall burning issue of corruption.



After more or less negligible or unnoticeable corruption charges in our system, there came up the 2G spectrum scam. This scam in India involved the issue of 122 license by the ruling Congress-led UPA alliance of the 2G spectrum to 85 companies including many new telecom companies with little or no experience in telecom sector at a price set in the year 2001.

The scam involved allegations regarding

• the under pricing of the 2G spectrum by the Department of Telecommunications which resulted in a heavy loss to the exchequer, and
• the illegal manipulation of the spectrum allocation process to favour select companies

A. Raja and K. Karunanidhi

Well, there I cannot let go off without taking the names of the persons involved. They are A. Raja and K. Karunanidhi, the great corruption leaders from DMK family. The Controller and Auditor General holds Raja personally responsible for the sale of 2G spectrum at 2001 rates in 2008, resulting the previously mentioned loss of up to Rs. 1.76 lakh crores (US$40 billion) to the national exchequer. On April 25, 2011 Kanimozhi was named as a co-conspirator in the supplementary chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 2G spectrum case. Pheww !! What an economic conspiracy !!

Mr. Kalmadi

Then there comes another masterpiece in this line. The Commonwealth games (CWG) scam ! No drugs available on htis earth could literally stop me from goin bolt from the  blue after coming to know about this scandal. Worst of its  kind. The beauty of first ever hosting such a big game just got worsened day after day. "The total misappropriation amount may touch a figure of Rs 5,000 to Rs 8,000 crore, which is quite huge and alarming. The Commission is still awaiting reports from various departments and cannot give the exact amount involved in the bunglings," a senior Central Vigilance Committee (CVC) official said requesting anonymity. Mr. Kalmadi, the then chairman of CWG committee was the leading actor in this scam movie.


Oh oh !! how can I miss to add up the Adarsh housing society scandal ! What's that? It is a cooperative society in the city of Mumbai in India. It was reserved for the war widows and veterans of the Kargil War. In 2010, the Indian media brought to public the alleged violations of rules at various phases of construction in the Adarsh Society. Questions were raised on the manner in which apartments in the building were allocated to bureaucrats, politicians and army personnel who had nothing to do with Kargil War and the way in which clearances were obtained for the construction of the building of the Adarsh Society.


Nevertheless the black money in Swiss bank??? Very old issue. Bored of it. It has become like the question whether aliens exist or not ! God knows. 

So, after reading all above, don't you feel a little bit agitated? Aren't this crossing the limits of tolerance? Then, answer this - what's the wrong in going for an anti-corruption movement? Why the eyewash by clever ministers making us sit silently?

Shri Anna Hazare

These are very simple questions, very difficult to answer. Lets stand against these killer of democracy. Lets support Retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi, Baba Ramdev, Swami Agnivesh, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Anna Hazare and Mallika Sarabhai. They are not fighting for themselves, but for us. So, please support them.