A Tale of Two Countries

China

 Bo Xilai was a member of Central Politburo of the Chinese Government ( equal to a Central Cabinet Minister in India )

 He was arrested a year back and tried for corruption / taking bribes / misusing official position. Not granted bail ( unheard of in China )

 Trial lasted 5 days – at the end of which , he was convicted , and punished for 20 years of con-current prison terms

 He can appeal but in China , there is no precedence of a higher court setting aside , an order of a lower court !


India

 Of our 4500 MPs / MLAs , approx 1500 ( 30 % ) , have criminal cases pending against them

 Of these , some 600 have , “ Serious Criminal Cases “ ( murder / rape etc ) pending against them

 A few hundred are already “ Convicted “ and have appealed in higher courts

 All are out on bail and attending Lok Sabha / State Legislatures

 Our Supreme Court considered this ( freedom ) as “ Unconstitutional / Illegal “ and passed an order that MPs / MLAs , who have received punishments of 2 years or more , cannot be granted bail ( even if they have appealed ) and must stay in jail. Neither can they vote , nor contest an election

 Central Government filed a “ Review Petition “ in Supreme Court , which refused to change its earlier ruling

 So , as expected , Central Government decided to bring out an Ordinance to nullify Supreme Court verdict !


What Next ?

 Within 2 months , Ordinance must be converted into a proper law , by passing it in Lok Sabha

 Since ALL parties have “ Criminal “ MPs / MLAs , you bet , the law will be passed unanimously !


Voters of India

The only political party which is not a party to this heinous conspiracy against Democracy and therefore against the People of India , is the Aam Admi Party ( not having a single MP / MLA so far ? )


Let us vote it to power . That is the only way to test their promise of a corruption-free government


May be we can still stop this rape of our Motherland !


• hemen parekh ( 25 Sept 2013 )