'Immediate reforms vital for cleansing public life' | India Gazette

'Immediate reforms vital for cleansing public life'

India Gazette (IANS) Friday 9th March, 2012

Ridding the public domain of corruption and criminality may be a laudable goal, but it's doubtful whether a Lokpal would succeed in reforming the system, a renowned engineer says.

B. Rajaram, a former managing director of Konkan Railway, made these observations while drawing the attention of the Supreme Court and the Andhra Pradesh High Court to the dire necessity of reforms in public life vide a letter, a copy of which is available with IANS.

"In spite of Anna Hazare's crusade to cleanse public life, political parties still fielded as many as 795 candidates with criminal backgrounds, out of a total of 2,195, in the just concluded Uttar Pradesh polls," Rajaram told IANS from Hyderabad, quoting a report of the Association for Democratic Reforms and Election Watch.

The letter drafted by Rajaram said the only bulwark against executive excesses, the judicial process, is also being compromised by inordinate delays in the delivery of justice, thanks to the veil of secrecy over the decision-making process, especially after an order has been made public.

This pernicious practice, a leftover of the British Raj to deny Indians justice, lies at the root of our current problems, Rajaram, a product of IIT-Kharagpur, wrote.

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