|
Has anti-graft campaign learnt lessons, asks
Khurshid
Saturday March 17, 2012 09:43:52 PM,
IANS
|
|
|
|
|
New Delhi: Law and
Justice Minister Salman Khurshid Saturday said the government had
learnt its lessons after Anna Hazare's protest last year but
wondered if the anti-corruption movement too had done the same.
"We have learnt and learnt a lot of lessons... (but) has the
anti-corruption movement," asked Khurshid at the India Today
conclave here on "Is Citizen Activism the Only Way to Cleanse
India".
Stating the need for differentiating between the various civil
society groups, the minister said the country required a set of
rules for the same.
"We need rules for disagreement, which is part of democracy, and
for conflict resolution," said Khurshid.
Earlier, saluting Hazare's campaign, Communist Party of
India-Marxist politburo member Brinda Karat said she disagreed
with his view that politicians had no place in taking the country
forward.
She also took a dig at the government for its handling of the
anti-corruption movement and said there had to be more clarity
whether people could take to the streets if they wanted to
participate in law enactment.
Activist Binayak Sen said the country's resources were being
hijacked by the corporate elite and democracy meant governance
with the consent of the common man.
Maleeha Lodhi, former high commissioner of Pakistan to Britain and
former ambassador of Pakistan to the US, said the present times
were challenging for her country which was witnessing a transition
from military rule to democracy.
"There is re-balancing of power in Pakistan as democracy gathers
pace," she said, adding that "this is recasting the way people
relate with the government".
|
|
Home |
Top of the Page
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comments
|
Quick links