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بھارت میں سیا سی عمل کی نگرانی کرنے والے ایک خود مختار ادارے نے انکشاف کیا ہے کہ پانچ سو چالیس سے زیادہ ارکان پر مشتمل بھارتی پارلیمان کے ایک چوتھائی سے زیادہ ممبر جرائم پیشہ ہیں اور ان پر قتل سے لے کر پیسہ بٹورنے تک کے مختلف الزامات میں مقدمے چل رہے ہیں۔ سنجیو سری واستو کی رپورٹ: The report has been prepared by the Bangalore-based Public Affairs Centre which has been campaigning for cleaner politics. The study is based on sworn affidavits filed by politicians before they contested elections earlier this year. They were required to do so under a new rule enforced by the Indian Supreme Court to improve transparency in public life. The report says that lawmakers from all parties faced criminal charges ranging from murder, extortion, kidnapping and rape. Though the independent study only confirms what many Indians already knew, the extent to which national politics seems to have been hijacked by people facing criminal charges has shocked even seasoned analysts. The findings of the report have coincided with another decision of the Indian government which has been criticised by those concerned about probity in public life. On Wednesday, the Indian cabinet deferred a long pending anti-corruption legislation aimed at bringing the country's top most public officers within the ambit of an ombudsman. Sanjeev Srivastava, BBC News, Delhi campaigning for cleaner politics affidavits filed transparency public life lawmakers extortion seasoned probity ambit |
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