OCTOBER 30, 2011 By Girish Kumar Kumar Dubey
Regional leader and president of the Janata Party, Subramanian Swamy, said on Sunday (October 30) that it was possible to bring corrupt people to book by working within existing Indian laws and judicial system.
In Varanasi city of north India's Uttar Pradesh state for a seminar on corruption, Swamy said that while people like social activist Anna Hazare, yoga guru Baba Ramdev and senior opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani chose to agitate and travel to muster support for anti-graft campaigns, the courts were his means to the same end.
"There are different kinds of movements against corruption in the country today. I believe that we can indict and prosecute those guilty of corruption through the existing judicial system. For example, we have done that in the case of Raja, Kanimozhi, and Maran. Chidambaram's turn is coming, after which Robert Vadera and Sonia Gandhi will also face prosecution in the telecom scam case. We are doing all this by working within the existing legal system," Swamy said.
Speaking of the Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill, Swamy was skeptical about the federal government's political will to bring the legislation into force.
"The framework of the ombudsman bill is such that it will not be passed, because it will be equivalent to political suicide by the Congress. To expect that they will bring such a legislation into force is like dreaming of something that will never come true," he said.
The enactment of Lokpal (ombudsman) Bill by the federal parliament is seen as a weapon to root out corruption and nepotism from the government machinery and in public life.
The proposed Bill envisages the setting up of a national anti-corruption watchdog to check financial mismanagement and corrupt practices that have deeply pervaded several democratic and civic institutions of India.
Hazare and his aides representing the civil society have now stepped up their efforts and are exerting increased pressure on Congress party for the passage of the Lokpal Bill in the upcoming winter session of the Parliament.
Leader of India's regional Janata Party, Subramanian Swamy, says that India's existing legal system has power to bring corrupt people to book.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL
VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (OCTOBER 30, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC)
1. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY, PRESIDENT, INDIA'S REGIONAL JANATA PARTY, SAYING:
"There are different kinds of movements against corruption in the country today. I believe that we can indict and prosecute those guilty of corruption through the existing judicial system. For example, we have done that in the case of Raja, Kanimozhi, and Maran. Chidambaram's turn is coming, after which Robert Vadera and Sonia Gandhi will also face prosecution in the telecom scam case. We are doing all this by working within the existing legal system."
2. SWAMI WALKING INTO A SEMINAR VENUE
3. (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY, PRESIDENT, INDIA'S REGIONAL JANATA PARTY, SAYING:
"The framework of the ombudsman bill is such that it will not be passed, because it will be equivalent to political suicide by the Congress. To expect that they will bring such a legislation into force is like dreaming of something that will never come true."
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