Ministry of Defense is
processing and moving on files related to promotion of a senior army officer
who has been accused of corruption related to army land deal. This is the
latest news of TV channel today.
But I say, such
promotions are not new for India. Promotion to corrupt officers and humiliation
to devoted and loyal officer is usual culture prevalent in all government departments,
public sector undertaking, banks, insurance companies and in all officers, Judiciary,
NGOs, schools and colleges and institutes where government is having direct or
indirect control on management.
It is the undeniably a
bitter truth that the first and foremost task of all Chief Minister of all
state or minister or Prime Minister of India or Central Minister or Head of all
government offices is to transfer honest officers to remote and thankless
departments and bring blind sycophants and perfect Yesmen at all places which
are directly under their control.
Even the post of
President of India, Governors, Directors of various PSUs and PSBs, candidate
for various Parliamentary constituencies and state assemblies are given to
those who are master in art of flattery , bribery and making false promises ,
false portrayal of financials and false future forecasts.
Corruption is not
merely bribing or taking bribes. It has many other varieties too. Whimsical
transfers and arbitrary promotion to government staff are two most powerful
weapons by which one can earn huge illegal money without leaving behind any
witness or evidence which can be produced in any court by victim of corrupt
system as effective tool to establish charges of corruption against corrupt top
ranked officers and ministers.
I doubt present system
of legal processes or that of proposed Lokpal can trap and punish those
officers and politicians who are playing their dirty games behind the scene and
without leaving any proof of their ill motivated decisions and without any proof
for their misdeeds .
Most of corrupt
dealings take place through verbal instructions or in close door meetings or through
telephonic talks. None of wise and mature officials or politicians who is holding
powerful post ever trying to demand bribe directly. All corrupt persons sitting
at top posts are having some flatterers and blind supporters who can earn bribe
and share the same with seniors and with their bosses.
Can Team India devise
any effective bill to deal with above mentioned dimension of Corruption?
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