SOLUTION

An eminent international thinker Mr Shiv Khera, said “India is not the only country which has multiple problems. It is one among the countries not looking for solutions.”.

We find a cry against corruption every where. The barest truth is, the most corrupt shout the most against corruption. Corruption has not reached this level in a day. Similarly it can not be wiped out over night. It is not a fact that corruption can not be controlled. How so ever poisonous snake it may be, if caught by it’s neck, it can not cause any harm. Similarly if corruption is handled properly, it has to be under our control.

When the constitution was written, we did not have enough number of capable persons to become public representative. Now the scenario is different. The regrettable fact is those who can think for the betterment of the country do not have the ability to fight an election and enter in to the Parliament or Assembly and those who know the art to pave their way to the Assembly or Parliament, do not have the ability to think for the country. If the same persons are getting elected over and over, their mind is set in a particular direction. They can not think any thing better than making money by corrupt practices. Under the prevailing circumstances “Money builds power and power builds money”. Their roots have gone very deep and uprooting is difficult though not impossible.

How so ever big a problem may be, there is that simple a solution also. Late Rajiv Gandhi said once that an answer can be found for any big problem, if continuous attempt is made.

The water when becomes stagnant, it becomes turbid and dirty. Flowing water is considered pure and fresh. It is necessary to see that fresh people with new ideas are elected. There by a change will start. Once a change starts we move in the right direction. To initiate a change I propose my view points as narrated below.

 Let us propose a small amendment in the constitution. By virtue of the amendment “no body can be a public representative for more than two times. He may be member of Assembly once and Member of Parliament once, either member of Assembly two times or member of Parliament two times.

DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS:-

An efficient, capable and active member may be disqualified by the two times membership formula and the country loses a brilliant person which may be very unfortunate.

If the constitution is changed this will be accepted by the people and people will get accustomed to it just as retiring age of the service holders is not challenged. Such popular words like unfortunate etc, will have no existence. The exception case will be tolerated like as an efficient person dies in a plane crash. When the terrorists attacked the Parliament, if they could have entered the Parliament and killed all the members of the Parliament, should we presume that the Parliament would have remained with out representatives?

Every thing in this world under goes changes. It is a universal law beyond question which has made the God’s creation so beautiful. If change is an eternal truth, why it can not be adopted in our system?

Every body has an aspiration in life. The new aspirant can also have a chance to translate his views in to reality. With this change new energetic people can replace the old people with orthodox attitude. From ages it has been seen that the younger generation is more intelligent and capable. They are more knowledgeable and efficient. If the younger parliamentarians and legislatures will not perform up to expectations they will be voted out of power.

In the past, the then Congress party president Kamraj Nadar said that the senior persons should resign from their political posts and work for the organization to make it strong. This was well appreciated. In other words he wanted new people to come and hold the political posts.

Some argue that a new person can not handle the office efficiently. This has proved to be totally wrong. After Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Sastri proved to be more efficient Prime Minister. Rajiv Gandhi became prime minister without any experience.

In the present scenario, how so ever brilliant idea one may have and he wants it to be sent to Assembly or Parliament for a discussion, he has to send it through a sitting member of the house. It will depend on the will and ability of the person to understand the matter. Then he has to think whether his political boss will be unhappy and deprive him from getting a ticket for the next election. If he understands that his political boss will be happy or not, hardly matters. Because he will not be able to qualify for the next election, he can express himself with out any fear of not getting a ticket for the next election. He can put up the matter for a discussion.

The Speaker of the House is considered as neutral. If there were a provision to send the suggestion directly to the Speaker and the speaker would have paid due attention and if found worth it and given an opportunity for a debate in the house, the matter would have looked different and people could enjoy the real fruit of democracy.

It can be argued that if the person concerned knows that he will never be elected again, he may develop the attitude to make as much money as he can even by adopting all corrupt practices. This can be answered as if he is corrupt he will leave no stone unturned to make money. Getting elected or not does not matter at all. The same subject can be said as if this particular person is fortunate enough to siphon money from the government exchequer, why others will not be given an opportunity?

Some are of the opinion that it will be a violation of the fundamental right. Once the constitution is amended, there will be no room left for such questions to arise.

HOW IT WILLWORK

When Immersion heater is put in the bucket of water and switched on, the water molecules close to the heater become warm. They are replaced by cold molecules. Like that a movement starts or a change is initiated.

 In every political party, the leader and people close to him, contest the election. They get elected again and again. So the possibility of a change in the style of functioning ceases. We find there is competition for every body and in every place. The candidate contesting for election has competitors too. They find until the person is there they do not have any opportunity. But for raising a voice they need a logical ground. The two times formula can give them a sound platform to put their demand forcefully.

I submit the answer sheet for others to evaluate.

D.K.Mohanty