Anti-corruption campaign will reach every village: Kejriwal

--Kejriwal urges Odisha CM to adopt Uttarakhand Lokayukta bill

BHUBANESWAR: “Anti-corruption campaign by India Against Corruption (IAC) would reach to the village level and form a committee to create awareness among the common people which will impose pressure on the Government to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill,” said the national leader of IAC and core member of Team Anna Arvind Kejriwal while addressing a huge congregation of volunteers came from across 30 districts of the State here on Saturday.   

Kejriwal said that any bill introduced in the Parliament and the Assemblies should first be referred to the Gram Sabhas and Maholla Sabhas for taking people’s opinion. The MPs and MLAs should make their case basing on the will of the people.

He expressed grave concern over the loot of land of the poor farmers by the corporate world. Land can be transferred only after written agreements by the farmers elaborating the conditions there of, he added.

“The corrupt must be punished in one to two years time, his property should be confiscated and he should be dismissed from the service,” said Kejriwal adding, “There should be timely delivery of service by the government servants, failing which the Lokpal will ensure compensation to the victims and penalty to the defaulters.”

He also said that in the current central cabinet, 16 ministers have serious charges against them out of total 34 Ministers and if Jan Lokpal Bill is passed at least 12 ministers will go to jail, it might be the reason why the Centre does not want Jan Lokpal. There is a need of cleansing political system, he reiterated.

Kejriwal declared here that the IAC will launch nationwide biggest ever campaign making three broad demands citizen charter, to bring Group-C and D employees to the purview of Lokpal and Lokayukta in State, if strong Lokpal bill does not come by May 22 this year.

He urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to adopt the effective Lokayukta bill which is recently introduced by the Uttarakhand Government to check corruption in the State. He termed the Uttarakhand anti-corruption bill as very strong and effective.