{"id":3223,"date":"2011-06-16T23:47:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T18:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2011-06-16T23:47:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T18:17:22","slug":"lokpal-government-claims-that-no-one-can-criticize-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2011\/politics\/lokpal-government-claims-that-no-one-can-criticize-them.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Lokpal: Government Claims that no one can criticize them!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, Mayawati got into the game and blamed the UPA<\/a> government for indulging in corruption and said that no leadership was being shown to prevent it. Now it’s true that Mayawati herself hardly smells of roses in this regard. She’s widely known as one of the most corrupt politicians in the country. The governmnent knows this and hit back at her saying that she had no right to criticize the government<\/a> and that “people in glass houses should not throw stones.”<\/p>\n

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The government cannot keep pointing to other people's corruption<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But I’m growing tired of this same trick played over and over<\/em> again. Whenever someone comes along to criticize the government, they try and wash it away by focusing instead on the credentials of the person making the charge. When the Anna Hazare led team was pressurizing the UPA, we saw the games of trying to tarnish the image of the protesters with CDs alleging malpractices etc. When Ramdev attacks the government on corruption, the Congress tries to side step the accusations by saying he’s just an arm of the RSS. If he is, so what?<\/em> How can you respond to an accusation by focusing on the person making it?<\/p>\n

The BJP has been at the government’s throat as well – and rightly so. Instead of accepting that corruption is a problem, the UPA simply accuses the BJP of doing the same! However true the statements from the Congress might be that all other political parties are corrupt and that Ramdev has political ambitions, the fact remains that you cannot ignore what people are saying simply because of who they are.<\/p>\n

Attacking the person instead of the argument is a classical logical fallacy called the ad hominem<\/a><\/em>. The UPA might not like being preached to by those who themselves are indulging in corruption, but people like me are very happy to see these guys fight each other. Regardless of the corruption of Mayawati and the BJP, they have every right to criticize the government at the center for not doing its job.<\/p>\n

Corruption is not okay just because everyone is doing it!<\/em><\/p>\n

The UPA government might feel that there are bigger problems<\/a> than corruption in India, but the rest of us know it to be one of the biggest<\/em> problems. The responses of the government reinforce my view that the UPA thinks that corruption is just a middle class concern<\/a>. It’s not. Let the government ignore Hazare and see how people deal with it in the elections. I challenge them to just ignore this movement that we’ve started. If corruption really was restricted to such a narrow segment of society, the UPA would not be running scared right now.<\/p>\n

Other political parties seem to understand that they can’t keep mum on this issue. I never had anything against Rahul Gandhi or Sonia Gandhi till now. I don’t believe in mud slinging and accusations without basis. But their silence while all of India is up in arms against corruption makes me angry. Manmohan Singh’s silence infuriates me. How can<\/em> they just keep quiet as if nothing’s happening? I never liked the BJP before and I still don’t. But the Congress needs to be taught a lesson that it can’t ignore the people.<\/p>\n

Regardless of whoever is indulging in corruption, the UPA has to take these accusations humbly and without retaliation. Because there’s no justification – none whatsoever<\/em> – for the kind of misgovernance we’ve seen over the past few years. As a citizen I will not tolerate it. And unless something concrete happens to satisfy me – like bringing in the Lokpal bill with full accountability, including the PM and the judiciary, I will not support the Congress in the next elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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