Actor Sanjay Dutt wants to now contest elections and sit in the Parliament and make laws. It is a matter of utter shame . This is a tragedy. Are we sit down and witness the actor sit in the Lok Sabha and make fun of 'We, the People'.You can argue that we have had convicted people sitting in the Parliament and lording over us. True, we should have woken up when we were getting free and our Constitution was being copied from the British and the Americans. But what Ambedkar and his gang left out, we have to step in and change.We have had convicted persons like Phoolan Devi or Pappu Yadav (the latter who contested the elections, won and attended Parliament from Tihar Jail) or the likes of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Shibu Soren amidst the crowd of 100 odd-MPs (out of 542) with a criminal background. Criminals entering the Parliament has ceased to be an issue.But the objections to Dutt entering the Parliament are not totally unfounded. Dutt has been awarded six years of imprisonment for Bombay blasts 1993.This is despite the fact that three AK 47s were reduced to a single assault rifle and a pistol. How that has been achieved is another tale.Given that Dutt and his father tried every trick in the book or they wrote a new book itself to get him out from the blast case, the police must have got something real solid against the actor to have lasted the might of money and political anger. Now the Samajwadi Party – is keen that Munna Bhai contest the election on its party ticket. Much less said about the SP, the better.The point is that not to question ourselves about the propriety of allowing such bastards to enter the Parliament. The question is should we allow them to live in our country.And we have our Supreme Court to answer this now. The court has been very lenient so far. (Naturally since Amar Singh feeds and pockets nearly half the black lord…s). If the court agrees to this one, I don’t know how we can stop Dutt and people like him from existing in our country.So let us start by doing some GANDHIGIRI. Let us join e-mails to make Dutt the President of India and not shame us, the people of India, more than he has already done. Let us urge Pratibha DeviSingh Patil to resign.
Capt M K Tayal
India
Yes i agree with your what you expressed. But, one thing i have yet to come to terms with why do people elect such people with a criminal backround in the first place. The change has to come from the people, they should reject candidates with a criminal backround with the power of the ballot. In America, it is impossible that a man charged with offences like murder and rape to even dream of winning the elections
ReplyDelete- Tarun Nangia
A person can win elections even if he or she is not able to secure 50 percent votes. This is our electoral system. So even if 50 percent or so do not want a criminal in the Parliament, they are helpless.
ReplyDeleteThe rest vote either due to threat, coercion, relationship, party affiliation etc. In any case, how can you be sure that there would be no rigging? Besides the criminal contesting elections makes sure that he has weak or no opponents. Besides, in politics, most scoundrels have done their bit … so where do we get a clean politician.
The change will come. It may take time but it will come, I am sure.