Muzaffarpur (Patna) : Their divergent views on the current India Political system not with standing , all the eminent political science experts of the country participating at a seminar on 26th march 2012,advocated the need of launching an Anna Hazare type movement on a large scale in the country to check corruption and criminalization of Politics.
Prof. Pushpes Pant from Jawahar lal Nehru University ( JNU ),Prof. Mahendra Prasad Singh From institute of social Sciences, New Delhi,Prakashmani Tripathy from D D University, Gorkhpur,N K Jha from Pondicherry University, and Former vice chancellor Gopal Prasad Singh called upon the Judiciary, Election Commission of India ( ECI ) and the media to save the Indian democracy from being distorted. They felt the need for a participatory democracy by striking a balance between a direct and representative democracy. Expert remarked that it is true it is only the Parliament which can enact laws. But at the same time, the voice of the public must be carefully heard to cleanse the administration and establish a rule of law.Pant said if the popular demands would have been heard , the Naxalites would not have been forced to go underground to get their demands fulfilled by force.
So far as the right to recall of public representatives, as demanded earlier by Jayaprakash Narayan and Now by Hazare,was concerned,it was practically not feasible in a vast country like India having more than 120 crore population . Referendum or direct democracy was possible only in small countries like Switzerland, said Mahendra Prasad Singh. The Supreme Court has given enough power to the EC.The only hope now rest with the Supreme Court,he added. Tripathy said it was an irony that out of 120 crore population,Only 17 crore people decide the fate of MPs. He said government running by a group of parties cannot be expected to deliver positive results,.He, however,expressed satisfaction that Hazare has unleashed a new movement in yhe country.
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Prof. Pushpes Pant from Jawahar lal Nehru University ( JNU ),Prof. Mahendra Prasad Singh From institute of social Sciences, New Delhi,Prakashmani Tripathy from D D University, Gorkhpur,N K Jha from Pondicherry University, and Former vice chancellor Gopal Prasad Singh called upon the Judiciary, Election Commission of India ( ECI ) and the media to save the Indian democracy from being distorted. They felt the need for a participatory democracy by striking a balance between a direct and representative democracy. Expert remarked that it is true it is only the Parliament which can enact laws. But at the same time, the voice of the public must be carefully heard to cleanse the administration and establish a rule of law.Pant said if the popular demands would have been heard , the Naxalites would not have been forced to go underground to get their demands fulfilled by force.
So far as the right to recall of public representatives, as demanded earlier by Jayaprakash Narayan and Now by Hazare,was concerned,it was practically not feasible in a vast country like India having more than 120 crore population . Referendum or direct democracy was possible only in small countries like Switzerland, said Mahendra Prasad Singh. The Supreme Court has given enough power to the EC.The only hope now rest with the Supreme Court,he added. Tripathy said it was an irony that out of 120 crore population,Only 17 crore people decide the fate of MPs. He said government running by a group of parties cannot be expected to deliver positive results,.He, however,expressed satisfaction that Hazare has unleashed a new movement in yhe country.
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