Kapil sibal's Poor defence

In his recent Press conference Kabil Sibal has defended the UPA in 2 G spectrum scam very meekly. But he made a reference to the fact there had been a prima facie wrong committed in the allocation of 2 G spectrum.But he classified it as a proceedural fault. But that is what lead to the scam. Kabil's defence was that the CAG figures of presumptive losses are erroneous.Kabil Says there is no loss or the loss is zero. and not 1.75 lakh crores.So what ? The magnitude of the presumptive loss is not the question. Kabil sibal took pains to explain, by the same logic, the NDA government during its regime would have suffered a presumptive loss of Rs 1.5 lakh crores.But the question is, was there any impropriety in the allocation of 2G spectrum.?To this kabil sibal answers in the affirmative and says it was a procedural mistake . But again the question to be answered is was there a deliberate intent to commit procedural wrongs? For major part of his press conference Kabil Sibal tried to say it was erroneous on the part of CAG to have reported a wrong presumptive loss.He also went on to say 'To err is human'. Kabil was magnanimity personified in the press meet.He was just short of saying "To forgive is divine'".I am sure the BJP would now come out with its rejoinder to Kabil Sibal.We would have to wait and see how BJP's eminent lawyers Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad counters this press meet of Kabil sibal.One thing is sure it would be nothing more than a spat between two political parties.Instead of engaging in a war of words the BJP and congress should agree to some points and move forward and punish the guilty,come what may.The system should have enough checks and balances to avoid any such recurrences in future.Also the government should try to make good the loss suffered to the government exchequer because of this spectrum allocation. Kabil did say that some amount has been recovered by the government from those companies to whom Kabil has served the notice.It would be prudent to study the international practices of spectrum allocation and arrive at a fool proof solution at least for the future.I agree even in the international arena it is considered as a complex issue,but there have been no scams in other nations in the allocation of spectrum.How could they manage ?What are the checks in the system. I am sure Kabil wold surely pay his attention to this and would be open to a debate about this in parliament and would come out with a fool proof solution at least for the future.

Ceaser's wife,Manmohan and Jaitley

In the congress Party's 83 rd Plenary session  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh compared himself to ceaser's wife implying that he should be above suspicion. Obviously he was refering to the 2G scam,JPC Probe and other corruption scandals that have hit UPA governement recently.It was followed by his offer to appear before PAC for any inquiry. He also said ."I have nothing to hide".

Ceaser's wife Pompea hosted a festival to celebrate Ceasers appointment as the Chief Priest of Roman religion in BC 62.No man was permitted to attend this fest.But a man called Clodius,disguised as a woman manages to enter the festival for seducing pompea.He was caught and prosecuted .Ceaser did not give evidence against clodius and he was acquited.But soon after ceaser divorced Pompea saying " my wife must be above suspicion".

Jaitley was quick to comment on Manmohan's speech and emphatically said "PM has something to hide" .Else why did he keep quiet on 2 G scam for over one year?.He also said ceaser's wife had no choice to appear before which forum.But PM wants to appear before PAC and not JPC.Jaitley Should remember BJP's Karnataka CM Yeddy wants a probe for land scam by the retired judge and not by the Lok ayukata.Why double standards Mr.Jaitley?

The political oneupmanship between the Congress and BJP is no more interesting and entertaining to the the general public.The corrupt and the guilty politicians are making a mockery of our democracy.One thing is sure, the corruption ridden governments of our nation,be it a state government or the central government make our deficit spending more acute and welfare lags.It is a sorry state of affairs that corruption is seen at all leves from lowest rung government employee to high profile politicians,police,sports bodies and sadly including military establishments and judiciary.Corporate sector is also not far behind in stealing the honours and vie with government employees in shady deals and corruption.Look at the magnitude of corruption in our country.The world Bank has suspended milions worth of loans to Indian health sector after finding out corruption in procurement.It must be understood corruption is gradually eating up our nation .Corruption has become all pervasive.I feel Indian citizens should rise against this tendency by a spout of RTI petitions across the nation on transactions that are not transparent and  force a change for the better.It may be a slow cure,but a start has to be made somewhere.This would atleast address accountability and efficiency.Inefficiency and not accountable are the two important causes for rampant corruption in many areas.