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In general talk most of us including our politicians having clean image are against criminalisation of politics, but in practice we send the criminals in the Parliament in large numbers. Out of 540 MPs of the Lok Sabha we have as many as 135 members having criminal records.

The long cherished dream of getting an institution of the Lok Pal in India seems just a short step away. But we are never sure, for the first Lok Pal Bill was tabled in the Parliament long back in 1968, and over the years , the successive governments talked of the legislation, tabled it six times in the Parliament, and then allowed it to be lapsed.

The government borrowings and expenditures are rising day by day. The ministers, members of the legislature and the officials at the higher level are spending lavishly, and getting maximum benefits from the exchequer. It the state is undergoing a severe financial crunch, and people are suffering, it is because of their inapplication of wisdom.

But it is unfortunate that the proposed Constitutional (Ninety Eighth Amendment ) Bill, 2003 does not envisage tranparancy, independent selection process, or even an independent commission. A reform is much needed in judicial administration that is considered as thoroughly corrupt, but it is being left untouched.

One can argue the very approach of the market economy which is being pursued by our country, is inequitable. The champions of the market economy say that the prices of the goods and services should be decided by the market forces, which means that the prices should be determined by demand and supply.

Money is, of course, one of the greatest source of joy and what a joy we are expressing through media that has been derived from the almighty dollar, the great object of universal devotion throughout our land ! We seem to be simply blinded by the brightness of the dollar and deafened by the roar of joy emanating out of the unprecedented level of foreign reserve.

Lack of concern about disasters and its proper management lies in the fact that even Ministers' and Secretaries' of various departments are found recently to be ignorant of many facts.

Nomadic people are landless, homeless and generally underfed with a negligible literacy rate. They are deprived of voting rights, caste certificates, ration cards and below poverty line certificates. They do not have access to land and potable water, education, and health facilities. Most of them are not even classified in Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or Socially and educationally backward classes, resulting in almost no reservation in jobs, educational institutions or in politics of this country.

Nobody questions favours to the employers in a criminal matter that falls under section 405 of the Indian Penal Code having a provision for punishment of imprisonment up to three years, or with fine , or with both under section 406 of the Code. Such a favour is not generally shown towards the employees committing any criminal breach of trust. Its clearly a partisan approach of the Minister in this particular matter. What can one hope from this present system including the provisions of law when for the same offence an employee is liable to be punished with imprisonment of up to seven years and shall be also liable to fine under section 408 of the Code.

The status of legislators in India has been changing since our independence. Earlier, they were “representatives of the people” both in words and its spirit, but now they have reduced to merely the “delegates of their parties.”