By Cindrella Thawani,
New Delhi: In a move indicating common people will soon up their sleeves against the menace of corruption, eminent citizens on Sunday hit Delhi streets to raise their voice against scams at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games. Demanding the government to bring culprits to book, the protestors lodged a named FIR against CWG chairman and two union ministers.
The Commonwealth Games have ended successfully but people are not ready to forgive the corrupt people who brought disrepute to the country. That’s why an anti-corruption protest named “India against Corruption” was carried out by prominent social activists on 14 November at the Parliament Street. They also lodged an FIR against the Games scam. The FIR was filed and signed by yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, RTI Activist Arvind Kejriwal, Former IPS Dr. Kiran Bedi, Anna Hazare, former chief Justice of Calcutta High Court D S Tewatia, Swami Agnivesh , Arch Bishop Vincent M Concessao, Bharat Swabhiman President Virendra Vikram, Agricultural Scientist Devinder Sharma and Asian Marathon Champion Sunita Godara.
Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev, Former IPS Kiran Bedi (in the center) and others protesting against the CWG scam on 14th Nov at Parliament Street, New Delhi
The complaint is against Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy, CWG Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, and Sports Minister M.S Gill. The complaint comprises 377 pages of evidences, collected from various Government committees, CVC (Central Vigilance Committee), Income Tax Department and others.
In their complaint all the signatories activists demanded Government that there should be the proper Police investigation into the corruption in the Games which were held from 3rd to 14th October.
The complaint stated “that the top bosses would have benefitted by either taking money from their junior officers or by directly negotiating with contractors, In such cases it would be difficult to find evidence against them on paper, the investigating officer should raid the premises of these top bosses to collect evidence of assets disproportionate to their known sources of income or to collect evidence about their role in these offences”.
“We will be sending a copy of the complaint along with the memorandum to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Delhi High Court Registrar and to agencies like Central Vigilance Commission and Central Bureau Investigation,” they said. They also demanded the government to set up an independent commission which deals with corruption issues and should not be influenced by the politicians.
(The writer is a freelance journalist, can be contacted at [email protected])