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| Rhetoric can’t end corruption | | | | Corruption in public life is arguably the most deadly menace before any society. Eradicating this menace needs will and determination and not only rhetoric. The very word by definition underlines a scenario where one has to pay for anything which is rightfully due. Therefore, getting a power or water connection, getting salary or pensions released in time or getting a file moved from one table to another all need shelling out some money or favour in one or the other form. When corruption becomes way of life, the merit gets grossly overlooked and eventually people loose interest in the system. Public loosing faith in the system is a worst case scenario in any society. Militancy and separatist violence has been a major challenge before Jammu and Kashmir over past two decades. But the sensible experts believe that corruption has always been a much serious challenge before this state. It is not only now that the global organizations like Transparency International are studying the level of corruption in Jammu and Kashmir. When it comes to corruption, this state has always been an object of study. Contemporaries can recall that in 1950s an international organization had termed this state as most corrupt in the country. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad’s regime then epitomized the body corruption and for the nepotism, it was infamously called as ‘BBC’ –Bakshi Brothers Corporation. Whether it was Bakshi regime, Sheikh’s era or any other government, corruption has always remained a way of life. Faced with serious charges of corruption from top to bottom, once then Chief Minister GM Shah summoned a meeting of his Cabinet and asked all Ministers to take an oath on Geeta and Quran that they would never resort to corruption means. While some of the Ministers agreed to take oath, though with doubts, one of the Ministers openly refused in the Cabinet meeting saying that corruption has, more or less, become a part of life. More recently the loud talk about corruption in public life was initiated by the Peoples Democratic Party when its leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed convinced people that his party was formed with very purpose of cleansing the system from corruption. This was followed with more vigour and energy by his predecessor Ghulam Nabi Azad who would often say that he is not going anywhere on earth till he nailed last of the corrupt official from the system. These leaders were making loud slogans in the backdrop of a survey of Transparency International which put J&K as second most corrupt state in the country. It is a matter of deep concern that latest survey by same organization has pointed out alarming rate of corruption in the state. One can easily conclude that the two Chief Ministers in last five and half years indulged more in rhetoric than actual actions in freeing the state from disease of corruption. |
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