RAPE MENACE:

Wholesale change and transformation of the system in its entirety will take much time and the intensity and urgency for immediate action to assuage the anger would be lost. Government keeps ordering commissions of inquiries which dilute or put the issues in cold storage. That they have done in this case also. People whose daughters and sisters are not raped would sit in such commissions and decide to frame moderate laws keeping human right activists in front to save the rapists and murderers sitting in the governance. They can not realize the trauma that the victims and their families go through. Govt. must give a try to include victim’s relatives in such commissions.

All this system reforms can take time. When medicines do not work surgery is required. An ordinance can be passed now announcing capital punishment for rape to assuage the anger of the public at large and as a concrete step to stop this menace. “Rapists will be hanged” should be given wide publicity like tobacco ads against cancer are being given these days. Fear of loosing life would control the lust. Nothing less will do as we have seen during all these years after independence. Fear is to be created in the mind of such criminals who are a negligible percentage of the population spoiling the society and can be written off. Mad dogs are not and need not be treated. They must be eliminated. Our government should take lessons from the countries where such offences are nil or negligible.

The spree of rapes and molestations is not stopping even when country wide protests and demonstrations are going on. Fifty two rapes have been reported since 16 December and we do not know how many have gone unreported. Even after government’s assurances that necessary steps would be taken, the protesters in large numbers are marching towards India Gate on 27^th December. This is because the public has lost confidence in the governance and fed up with the assurance and promises. Some abroad may be wondering Delhi is the rape capital of India or India is the rape country?

Govt. has done one good thing in sending the victim to Singapore for treatment along with her family. It is high time for the government to restore public confidence and give commitment in the form of an ordinance or announcement by the PM about exact actions they are going to take and stop being vague. Meanwhile let us keep praying for the safe recovery of the brave girl.

Wing Commander Vishnu Singh (Veteran)

TIME FOR CHANGE:

After one week of public out cry on the Delhi girl rape on 16 Dec Mr. Singh the chief executive of our great nation could make up his “mann” and break his “maun” by reading meekly a written statement by someone which he always does, that the anger of the protesters is legitimate but violence is not; forgetting that anger if not doused on the out set would turn into violence making it legitimate. Violence is the expression of pent up anger. After so much of hue and cry it was expected that the PM or HM would come out to meet the protesters personally and give a sympathetic hearing. That would have assuaged their anger; but no. And see the TV coverage and decide who was violent, the police or the protesters? The young and old ladies were beaten and water cannoned on the coldest day and night of December so far; a DIG stamping the neck of a young boy; policemen hitting girls and all. This only displays apathy towards public concerns and confused mind of our “rulers” though they are supposed to be Janta Ke Sevak. The weaker gender of any and every age is being raped every day in Delhi, NCR and all over the country for years and years. The menace has not stopped even during last one week’s turmoil. The government have not taken strong steps to stop that and allowed this stage to come when the public is out on streets. The high ups do not care because they, their daughters and families live under top security; they do not travel in buses and some if not many with charges of rape and murders are sitting in Parliament instead of jail. Fear is to be created in the mind of the criminal. Let us hope that the law is amended to give capital punishment to the rapist and award of justice is not delayed.

Crumbling law and order situation, corruption from top to bottom, scams after scams of lakhs of crores, swindling the national wealth and stashing black money outside unconcerned with the safety and security of the country and its citizens, turning blind eye to population explosion and illegal influx from neighboring countries; we all under our corrupt leadership are living in a failing democracy. Time has come to elect honest representatives and change the present rotten political-bureaucratic governance to save our democracy. Aam Aadmi Party is the only hope. Read their ideology/manifesto on their website and decide for yourself. Meanwhile God bless the nation.

Wing Commander Vishnu Singh (Veteran)

CREATE FEAR IN THE MIND OF THE CRIMINALS:

“City shamed; Girl gang raped in bus in South Delhi”: “victim is on ventilator and struggling for life”; electronic and print media screaming for action, all blaming law and its executors; have we not felt this anguish in the past? the pain and anger is too much this time!

Public and parliamentarians are demanding stern laws and suggesting measures to control the menace. TOI has come up with suggestions like chemical castration, Sensitizing Police, setting up fast track courts, better patrolling, use of technology and creating database of transport Personnel, verification of drivers, cleaners etc? Most of these are being done but of little results. Human mind is unpredictable. Who will commit rape and murder where and when can not be always forecasted or made known to the police.

Sex is not down there, it is in the mind and so is the crime. Such a criminal mind will find other ways to commit crimes if left after a little or more punishment. Ninety five thousand rape cases are said to be pending in courts. At an average of two rapes a day in Delhi and ten in NCR are committed on records. How many courts, how many lawyers and how much efforts it will take to catch and punish the guilty? How effective are the present fast track courts to dispose them off? Out of 80000 only 25000 cops are on roads as reported by TOI, why? What is actually meant by better patrolling? Stopping every vehicle and checking thus causing harassment to public in general and multiplying the already existing chaos on the roads; GPS on buses, cars, cc TV on roads?

Let us not beat around the bush when we know where the snake is. The present law and its implementation are weak and ineffective. The main cause is that there is no fear in the mind of the criminal. He knows that he can get off after committing the crime.  It is time to take drastic actions to deter the criminal. Kill the snake; kill the mad dogs polluting the society. Such people are very few in the civilized society. Eliminate them. It will not affect the society in any other way but ensuring safety to the law abiding citizens and women of the country and a clean society. Instead of experimenting learn from countries like Saudi Arabia where offences of rape are not heard. I wholeheartedly agree with Sushma Swaraj asking the rapist to be hanged and Salman Khan asking death sentence for all rapists adding that as a norm the rapist if goes to jail should be beaten till death. It is high time their sentiments and appeals are translated into law.

 

The nation has suddenly woken up to the menace of rape meanwhile Delhi is living with its reputation of rape capital.

 

Wing Commander Vishnu Singh (Veteran)

SUPREME COURT IS APPALED BY “LYNCHING LIKE” DEATH PENALTY: 

 

TOI on 12 Dec 2012 reported that the Supreme Court is deeply distressed and displeased while censuring a Tamil Nadu trial court for awarding death penalty to a person accused in a dacoity-cum-murder case as a deterrent to eliminate crime from society. SC is of the opinion that; 

A). Trial court’s judgment is Lynching-like, meaning killing some one for an alleged offence with out legal trial especially by hanging. Does it mean that the trial by the lower Court was illegal or the sentence beyond the ambit of law? NO.

B). Trial Court has imported American or Arabian criminal jurisprudence to support and justify their judgment. Does our law not permit the sentence given by the trial court? Has the court gone beyond the limits of our established laws? NO.

C). Trial Court has imposed death sentence under section 396 of IPC to create fear among criminals who commit such crimes. SC is of the opinion that according to Indian jurisprudence life sentence was the norm and death sentence an exception. If it is allowed by law, let it be an exception then?  

The judgment is given by the trial court in accordance with the laws of the land. That may seem harsh to the SC. After all it is a matter of opinion? Who knows if the same trial court judge was sitting in SC and had given the same judgment, it would have been lauded as a land mark judgment? 

We should not forget that the criminal laws governing us were framed hundreds of years back by British in a very different environment than what is prevailing now. Heinous crimes like rape that too of innocent girls of below ten years and murders at the present rate were not heard those days. Now in NCR alone there are on average ten reported rapes and murders every day and robberies and dacoities are normal affair. High and low level corruption is rampant. Criminals roam around freely on bail even if they are caught. They loot, kill and rape at will. They have no fear of law.  

FEAR IS TO BE CREATED IN THE MIND OF THE CRIMINALS. IN THE PRESENT SENARIO DEATH SENTENCE SHOULD BE GIVEN AS A RULE AND NOT AS AN EXCEPTION. SHALL WE DO SOME THING TO SAVE OURSELVES OR ONLY PRAY GOD?

Wing Commander Vishnu Singh (Veteran)

Anna flip-flops:

As reported on 2^nd Dec 12 by TOI, Anna Hazare had retracted from his early stand drifting from kejriwal, to support the good candidates put up by his Party and not to support the “good” candidates of other parties. That drift was in the right direction. Supporting the “good” candidates of other parties by Anna in the fight against corruption would be self defeating the combined cause of Anna and Kejriwal as it is abundantly clear now by the revelations of Kejriwal that all the parties are corrupt. Their “good” candidates would listen to their parties and not to Anna once they are elected and all the efforts of Anna in getting them elected would go waste. Now on 7 Dec 12 TOI reports that in yet another flip-flop activist Anna Hazare blamed Arvind Kejriwal’s “fascination” for power for the split in the anti-graft movement and said that he won’t vote for “power greedy” Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He did not clarify as to what makes him think that Kejriwal is power hungry and not true to the cause of Corruption. Has he not seen the manifesto on A A P web site and listened Kejriwal’s speech, plan of action and videos clarifying his party’s stand? Kejriwal is on record saying that he would not fight election if the Jan Lokpal is passed by the government. Did the government listen to Anna, Ramdev and Kejriwal’s pleas against corruption? He decided to fight elections because their strategy to fight from out side was not working effectively. In democracy power lies in the Parliament and you have to be there to be heard and do something meaningful which you can not do effectively by slogan shouting from the streets or supporting “honest” candidates of other parties. Anna’s movement is fading out; masses were thinning in the rallies and “dharnas” because people can not leave their jobs and attend this sort of activities indefinitely.

Anna told Kejriwal “not to use my name, my poster and refrain from using India Against Corruption” portal. He with due respect to Annaji did that and took concrete steps to form and promote his political Aam Aadmi Party of honest representatives.  This has put him in the limelight.  Perhaps Annaji is finding side-tracked and thus this flip-flop. Anna’s “I” and “My”; and ego are creating a drift and weakening the joint efforts of Kejriwal, Ramdev and Civil Society to fight corruption for which they initially came together on one platform. It is high time for Annaji to discard his ego and support Kejriwal whole heartedly. Ramdev should join hands.

TIME TO ACT

 My kudos to Kejriwal, Ramdev and Anna Team: To achieve his aim of corruption free India kejriwal/Ramdev’s partieshave to win majority seats in the Parliament: How will they do it is not clear. It is not likely that they would get absolute majority in Parliament. I think Anna, Ramdev, Kejriwal and some new influential and honest individuals like Gen. VK Singh who are entering into politics on the plank of anti corruption should join hands, drop their differences, get elected and form an alliance to save India from the unscrupulous looters. Even if they get 100 MPs, they can make their presence felt. These parties and honest individuals with no corruption and criminal stigma attached would have better chance to win. But in Indian politics cast and money play great role. How will they deal with that is to be seen? Perhaps they would have to find honest chaps at village/grass root level in the cast dominating constituencies? All the political parties are corrupt though having a few honest ones also. In the present scenario where Kejriwal has opened front against all the political parties and corporate houses, they may join hands against Kejriwal/Ramdev’s parties to save themselves from prosecution at a later date by the strong Jan Lokpal Bill which the new parties would like to pass after coming to power.  Political parties other than the UPA should work to topple the UPA now taking advantage of the corruption wave against it and form a new alliance on the plank of anti corruption, may be with Kejriwal/ramdev’s parties after elections. Politicians are known to be strange bed fellows after all. 

Kejriwal has declared that he will form his party in November 2012. Meanwhile he is revealing scandal after scandals every week thus creating awareness in public of the massive loot of national wealth and tax payer’s money by a few and embarrassing the concerned politicians, corporate houses and powerful individuals. In the process he is making powerful enemies also though gaining the sympathy of the masses. This may be a dangerous but good strategy for a short period if elections are held within next six months. In the long run, till 2014 if he keeps repeating this, people may get bored in absence of concrete follow up and loose interest as all this would become a routine and one or two days news for the benefit of the electronic and print media and a little talking point or gossip for the day. He must be aware that mass memory is short. Politicians know better than I. Time is short; he has to move fast. Meanwhile let us look forward for a better democracy. 

Wing Commander Vishnu Singh (Veteran)

 

FOR BETTER FUTURE

FOR BETTER FUTURE:

The present trend of arrogance of power, lack of accountability and responsibility in governance is fast changing the democracy to anarchy. Rampant corruption at the top has corrupted the masses. Ministers and MPs think they are the rulers like maharajas of the past and their acts are beyond questioning by the public who elects them. We are the “mango people in banana state” according to Robert Vadra who is shaming the citizens and the nation in the same breath without regret. Is it his humor or lack of understanding the English language or total contempt for the people and the nation out of sheer arrogance of power? This must stop.

Present system of governance needs change. This is possible if a majority of honest people could be elected to the Assemblies and Parliament. Honesty then would flow from the top to bottom as the corruption is flowing now. Would it be impossible to find a few hundred honest ones from a population of 120 million? Time has come to discard the old set of corrupt politicians and give a chance to the new set of would be public leaders in the parties of Kejriwal and Ramdev. They want to form their own political parties; oust the present corrupt government and give honest governance by winning elections within the existing democratic frame work. How many honest one they can get and how long they will remain honest only time will tell? They are honest and we see a better choice in them. They have no grass root political infrastructure and resources to fight elections where money, caste and minorities play crucial role, but have a workable game plan; so let us fight elections with them and cast our vote to their party candidates. The plus point is that they have wide support on their issue or “Mudda” of corruption and a clean image. Nothing will change till their party is in majority in the parliament which may be a distant dream but worth a try being the only hope for corruption free governance. They are honest men with honest intentions to be relied upon compared to most in the present day politics.

Anna Hazare and Civil Society is creating Jan Gagran: They want to support honest political candidates from out side. They are going to ask the public to vote the honest epresentatives whether independent or in any party without themselves entering into actual politics. This is a flawed concept.”Neki kar kuen mei daal”. Because such honest candidates fighting elections are not and will not be in Anna’s control. How he or anybody else can guarantee for their honesty after they are elected. Their loyalty will be either to their party or to themselves. Anna would be irrelevant to them after elections and his efforts to get them elected will go waste. Anna’s movement got big support on corruption eradication platform but lost its sheen later because people have to do their jobs and can not sit on fast for long and go to support someone who is not Anna’s man. I think Anna should openly support Kejriwal and Ramdev’s party candidates because they can not bring dubious characters to contest after speaking so much against corruption and their mudda being the same.  

MURKY POLITICS

22.10.12;
(1) A few days back Jairam Ramesh (JR) was equating temples with toilets. That created a lot of stink but no fatwa from any communal or non communal organization. His political shrewdness for not equating other religious symbols saved his life! Being a Hindu he knows how tolerant Hindus are. Now he is urging arrest of those defecating in the open with out realizing their plight and providing viable alternatives. He did not clarify arrest before defecating or after. There is no offence before the act and if done after; then the damage is done. If arrested before then think what can happen after 10, 15 or 30 minutes in the police van. If there are more than half a dozen there will be more stink in and out of the van than what he is creating in his corrupt govt’s lame governance. What the “mango people” can do in a “banana state” but to shit in the open and watch the ways of their dear JR;

Rahiman shitting silently
Watching worldly ways
Betterment will come
May be with delays.

(3). Salman Khurshid(SK) tells that he will sacrifice his life for Sonia Gandhi. Kejriwal questions why not for the nation? Perhaps she is dearer to him for reasons better known to all. SK has no convincing defense against Kejriwal’s revelations of corruption charges against his NGO misappropriating funds meant for differently challenged people and openly threatening Kejriwal to think how he will return from his constituency in Farrukhabad after his agitation and replacing blood with ink in his pen. Our law minister’s not very lawful utterances!

(4). Diggi Raja, Manish Tiwari, Hooda and the whole lot of congress party is busy in protecting Sonia and her son in law Robert Vadera against dubious land deals while those directly affected and involved are keeping quite? It is intriguing; and more intriguing is why a lady from Italy and her family are so important to congress party? Is there no stalwart in the congress party capable of taking over the command? I doubt if there is such a bankruptcy of leadership in congress party! In politics power and money play the game. Perhaps there are too many number two for prime minister ship or the lady has too much of party money under her personal control to control the hawks in the party and play the power game? The credit goes to her?


(5). Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare, Civil Socity, Ex cop Singh and that lady of Anna team from Mumbai, I am forgetting her name, asking Kejriwal to identify himself as a revolutionary, a krantikari or a beggar for votes? Till yesterday they all were crusading under one banner to fight corruption. If corruption is the issue, why are they pointing fingers at Kejriwal now instead of joining hands with him? It is known to all that he is a crusader against corruption and that is his identity. Why to dilute the main issue of fight against corruption? I think opponents money and power is trying to break the great crusade against corruption by creating confusion. This is time to join hands to fight the present corrupt governance and bring a very strong Jan Lokpal to give power to the “mango people” of this great nation to save them from the power mad people who get elected by default in the system.