A media house recently took upon itself the onus to verify the truth in the allegations of corruption made by Arvind Kejriwal against political bigwigs and others. In order to conduct a mock inquiry into the financial transactions of Robert Vadra and Nitin Gadkari this media house, as an exercise, constituted a panel of non-partisan experts consisting of a corporate lawyer, a former Income-Tax Commissioner and a CA. All the evidences on the strength of which Arvind Kejriwal had demanded an inquiry by a competent agency were placed before the experts’ panel.
It was Kejriwal’s contention that the evidence provided is enough for the government to go after the two accused. This experts’ panel deliberated extensively on the evidence provided to them. Within the panel there were differences on certain points while there was agreement on some. Ultimately what the panel agreed on was that prima facie there was enough scope for inquiry and possible action against the financial transactions of the two gentlemen.
This mock inquiry has lent considerable credibility to Arvind Kejriwal. If, indeed, the UPA government is serious about eradicating corruption, as they claim, nothing should stop them for instituting an immediate inquiry in all the cases exposed by him. If the UPA fails to recognise Kejriwal’s voice as people’s voice, there is no doubt that the same voice will echo in the polling booths.
Dr. Mookhi Amir Ali,
Mumbai