Today's Indian Express page-2 has my open letter to Annaji on why "Right to Recall Lokpal is must"

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Dear Folks,

Today (Apr-28, Thus) page-2 of Ahmedabad, Delhi and Mumbai has my
advertisement on why "Right to Recall Lokpal" is important to ensure
that Lokpal doesnt become a dictator with no commitments, something
worse than General Zia.

I request you to read that advertisement.

In case you cant get hard copy, pls click page-2 of
http://epaper.indianexpress.com/IE/IEH/2011/04/28/index.shtml .

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The text of advertisement is as follows

Request to make additions in Lokpal

Open letter to Annaji - from Right to Recall PM , SCCj Group

Convener : Rahul Chimanbhai Mehta, B Tech, Computer Science, IIT-
Delhi; MS, Computer Science, Rutgers University, USA

(If you, reader, like these proposals, forward #A247LB to Annaji ,
all)

Dear Annaji,

Like dictators, the 10 Lokpals will have power to suspend anyone.
Unlike dictators, they wont commit to deliver food, growth and
protection from criminals and foreign armies. Absolute power, no
commitments. So I fear that Lokpals will become corrupt, nepotic and
MNC agents. Your say “Lokpals will be selected by PM, SCjs, HCCjs,
CAG, CEC transparently(?), and so they will never become corrupt”. I
disagree -- selection procedures guarantee nothing. Deterrence after
appointment is must. I saw all 40 pages of draft. Only deterrence I
saw is section-7 saying SCjs may expel a Lokpal. Now SCjs are as non-
corrupt as Ministers. So section-7 is useless. So I see no clauses to
deter Lokpals from becoming corrupt, nepotic, MNC agents and selling
away India for cash or foreign awards. To create deterrence, I request
you to add following clauses: (Exact drafts are in http://rahulmehta.com/lokpal.pdf
and explanations are in chapter-50 of http://rahulmehta.com/301.pdf )
I have also submitted the following proposed changes on Lokpal
consultation website and serial number given is #A247LB :

1. Right to Recall corrupt Lokpal : RTI failed because we citizens
have no Right to Recall Information Commissioners. During fasts, I
heard Right to Recall Lokpal on TV. But I see no RTR-Lokpal-clauses in
draft so far. So if Lokpal is corrupt, we citizens will be ruined.
Maharshi Dayanand says “Raja must be Prajaa-aadheen; and if Raajvarg
is not Prajaa-aadheen, they will rob citizens and destroy nation”. So
I ask you to make at least one of 10 Lokpals, Prajaa-aadheen i.e.
replaceable by us commons. RTR-Lokpal will deter Lokpal from becoming
corrupt. RTR-Lokpal clauses I propose are in http://rahulmehta.com/lokpal.pdf
. Pls add better or these RTR-Lokpal-clauses in draft in next few
weeks and not postpone till next life time. And pls tell us ASAP if
you oppose Right to Recall Lokpal.

2. Pls atleast put transparent complaining procedure in Lokpal : If
RTR-Lokpal is too much, pls at least give us a transparent complaining
procedure (i) A citizen can visit Collector office and give his
feedback to selection committee (section-6.10.b) or complaint to
Lokpal as affidavit. Collector’s clerk shall scan and upload letter on
Lokpal’s website for a fee. Purpose: copies of complaint will come on
servers of Collector, CM, PM, Lokpal, Yahoo, Google and 100s more.
This ensures that a corrupt Lokpal cant later remove pages from
complaints (ii) Any citizen can visit Patwari/Talati office and
add his name to a complaint for Rs 3 fee. Purpose: if 1000s of
citizens have same complaint, all wont need to visit Collector office
and create law-order problem. Pls tell us if you support transparent
complaining procedure.

3. Pls provide draft in Hindi : Jan Lokpal draft’s English is more
complex than English I have read in American laws !! (pls read US
Constitution and Lokpal draft). So pls provide Hindi draft ASAP. Or do
you insist that we commons should never read your draft? Why not?

4. Let public see suggestions put on Lokpal consultation website to
increase transparency and pls put opinion polls, so that we may know
which suggestions are seconded/rejected by how many activists.

I request activists to ignore remarks on NaMo etc as they sidetrack us
from real issue: clauses needed to deter Lokpal from becoming corrupt.

About us Right to Recall Group : We request activists to contest
elections and give newspaper ads, pamphlets to inform citizens on how
Right to Recall PM\CM, RTR-judges, RTR-Lokpal laws and “Transparent
Complaint Filing” law can improve India. Contacts: 98251-27780 ,
http://rahulmehta.com , Mehta...@yahoo.com . For details, pls read
http://rahulmehta.com/301.pdf

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More on Lokpal

As some of us may be knowing, the proposed Lokpal bill creates a
committee of 10 Lokpals who can arrest, suspend any GoI official. And
using powers over GoI officials, Lokpals can also endlessly harass
common citizens as well. How? eg say a Lokpal has nexuses with an
industrialist who wants your plot for cheap. The industrialist can
ask Lokpal to ask Police Commissioner or Sales Tax commissioner or
Excise Commissioner or Pollution Control Officer to throw false
charges against you and harass you. And given that Lokpal has endless
powers to arrest, prosecute senior IAS, IPS etc, they will all have to
obey this dreaded Lokpal and file false charges against you. IOW, the
powers given to Lokpal over officers, Ministers, judges spills over
and can ruin the lives of commons, if Lokpal decides to become corrupt
or Corporate/MNC agent.

The goal behind Lokpal-sponsors is to create a Legislative
Dictatorship in India, where in top dictators will be clean people but
agents of MNCs (like Mahatma MMS or Sant MMS). Using these 10 people
at top, MNCs can then control EVERY IAS, IPS, Minister, MLA, MPs,
judge etc and ensure that each one acts as per MNC agenda.

Right now, Anna has sponsorship of 20 news-channels and some 200
newspapers. Less than 0.1% of Indians outside one district of
Maharasthra knew Anna but now over 80% of citizens know Anna. This is
because media-sponsors had allocated a huge amount of resources to
make Anna a Godman. The new Godman Anna is taller than Satya Sai Baba.
Satya Sai Baba magically made gold balls and necklaces appear, and
this new Godman Anna will make corruption disappear --- using Jan
Lokpal Bill.

Sounds rational and not Godly? Well, Hindi translation of Jan Lokpal
is NOT given to citizens or even activists. English of Jan Lokpal is
more complex than English used in laws of UK and USA.. Even a lawyer
of London will have hard time understanding English used in Jan Lokpal
draft. I request you to show US constitution to a 12th class English
medium student and the Jan Lokpal draft to a English medium college
graduate. The 12th class student will understand every word of US
contitution while college graduate will not understand even 10% of Jan
Lokpal draft !! And Anna so far has NOT give Hindi translation of the
draft. Why? Because if common men were to read Jan Lokpal, they will
realize that Jan Lokpal is 100% total trash.

So media owning MNC have created a mass movement on a fog created over
Jan Lokpal bill, NOT over Jan Lokpal bill per se, as not even one lakh
people have read Jan Lokpal bill. Everyone was told that everyone says
that Jan Lokpal draft will remove 90% corruption. Celebrities were
roped in to praise the draft. And new celebrities like Anna were
created. And Rajiv Dixit had died -- otherwise Rajiv Dixit would have
always opposed a bill whose Hindi translation is not provided. And if
Hindi translation comes, citizens will understand this trash, and will
never ever support it.

Now Anna is backed by 20 channels and 200 newspapers. Anyone who now
says anything against Anna is throwing dust against Sun. So how do we
counter this myth of Anna and Myth of Lokpal?

What is way out?

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I have proposed two POSITIVE changes in Jan Lokpal Draft, and you will
soon see that Anna is opposed to both of them. This is only way to
expose the Myth of Anna --- ask him to add few positive changes in
Lokpal draft , he refuses and he stand exposed. And if he adds these
positive changes in draft, then corruption will actually reduce. Well,
then let Anna take the credit of beign Godman.

The first change proposed is that one out of 10, if not more, Lokpals
should be recallable by citizens. This "Prajaadheen Raajaa" aka "Right
to Recall" is magical water, two drops of which can convert ocean of
poison into harmless waters. The details are given in http://rahulmehta.com/lokpal.pdf

The second proposed addition is very very trivial. Section-6.10.b of
Lokpaldraft says "public feedback shall be invited .,.." . The bill
does not say how exactly the public feedback shall be invited. To fill
in the vacuum, I have proposed that if a citizen wants, his feedback/
complaint etc will be posted on the website of Lokpal. This is what I
call as Transparent Complain Filing. This alone too is a holy water
that can cleanse ocean full of poison.

So I request activists not to oppose Anna or his Jan Lokpal but
instead activists should request Anna to add Right to Recall Lokpal
clauses and Transparent Complaint Filing clauses. If Anna adds these
clauses, Nation will see a reall decrease in many of its problem. And
if Anna refuses to add these clauses, Anna will stand exposed.

Regards,

-Rahul Mehta