Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Sunday 12 January 2014

Petty Thieves or Party Thieves ?



Arvind Kejriwal's helpline produced 23,000 complaints against corrupt officials , within first 2 days


And managed to arrest 2 constables trying to accept Rs 3,000 by way of bribe


Some 60 + sting operations are under way


Similar help lines are being installed in Goa , MP , Rajasthan and Chhatisgarh


(  BJP walking in the footsteps of  AAP  ?  )


Can such efforts to curb corruption,  produce results  ?


Yes , if what China's Central and Provincial governments managed to achieve in just 11 months ( Jan - Nov 2013 ) , is any clue


Here are some statistics released by Supreme People's Procutorate :


>  No of " corrupt " govt officials investigated .............. 36,907


>  Total number of cases  
.........................................  27,236


>  Major / Important cases  ......................................   21,848


>  Cases involving " Losses "  .....................................  16,510


>  Amount of Losses  ............................................  Rs  566 crores


   (  - peanuts compared to our scams totaling Rs 5 LAKH CRORES  ! )


Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reports :


>  Investigation and Punishment of party Officials  ......... 182,000


>  High level officials facing legal prosecution  .............     8


   ( - including Zhou Yong Kang - a former member of Politburo Standing
     Committee - equal to an Indian Cabinet Minister )



If our Democratic System is superior to China's Dictatorial System , we ought to do better  !


In China , a Politburo Member cannot be " Voted Out " by people


But , in India , we can  !


I hope the 543 sitting MPs and 5,000+ sitting MLAs of India realize that they will get voted out in April 2014 , if they fail to act against the corrupt - and do it fast


People calling Narendra Modi , a " Dictator " have no clue how angry Indian voters are  !


For them , a dictator who rids them of corruption is a better choice than the so-called democrats who couldn't care for 4,383 children ( under age of 5 ) dying EVERYDAY , due to starvation !


Voters  know that Rs 5 LAKH CRORES could have saved these children  !


They don't care for Freedom of Speech that cannot bring Freedom from Hunger  !



*   hemen   parekh  (  13  Jan  2014  /  Mumbai  )  


 


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