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

Saturday, 22 March 2014

The More Things Change



It is said ,


"  The more things change , the more they remain the same  "


If in doubt , take a look at the following analysis , carried out by ADR ( Association for Democratic Reforms ) ,



In Current Lok Sabha :



>  MPs facing criminal charges.............. 162 ( out of 542 ) = 30 %


>  MPs facing SERIOUS charges.............  76  ..............     =  14 %


>  MPs whose cases are pending for 10+ years..................      45 MPs


>  MPs whose cases are pending for 20+ years ..................       7 MPs




Does that deter our political parties from giving tickets to candidates with past Criminal records  ?


You would be naive if you believed all those lofty announcements made by our political leaders - led by Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi - that this time around ,


" No one with past criminal record will be given a ticket "


In the first lists of 301 candidates announced for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections , by various political parties , ADR analyzed the  affidavits filed by 188 candidates


And found 56 candidates to have Criminal records  !  56 out of 188  !


Same  30  %  !



Wait till ,


>  final lists of all parties are out in the next 3/4 days


>  ADR find time to analyze (approx ) 8,000 affidavits


>  May 16th - when 542 winners are announced



Once again you will find that 30 % of the " Winners " have criminal cases pending against them  !


Our only hope is Supreme Court directive ( to the lower courts ) that such trials must be completed within ONE year and those found guilty must be disqualified from Lok Sabha / State Legislative Assemblies


It is another matter that Salman Khurshid thinks that our Judiciary has become hyper-active and started taking decisions that rightfully belong to the Legislative wing and the Administrative wing


Agree , this is not an ideal situation


But ,


when the other two wings of the Government simply STOP taking decisions or START / CONTINUE , taking " corrupt / tainted / dishonest " decisions , then someone has to step in !


Long live Supreme Court  !



*  hemen  parekh  (  23  March  2014  /  Mumbai )





  

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