Corruption Hollowing System

J&K state to lead the tally of corrupt states, if all goes wrong

PS BALI

The day is not far, when Jammu and Kashmir, state would lead the tally of most corrupt states of the India, and the day will soon come when it will become the most corrupted isle on the world map with almost every second person tainted of being corrupt.

Not like many other states, corruption or bribery in J&K state is on rampant and is engulfing great intellects to elusive personalities. At one time, bribe was paid for getting wrong things done but now bribe is paid for getting right things done at right time.

Many people touched this concept, with their own context many-a-times, some held government responsible for uncontrolled corruption, whereas many cursed system and its functioning. But nothing changed, moreover this menace took wild shape by entering into the minds of the people by exerting upon them that corruption is the ‘word-of-day’ and you cannot do anything without taking it affirmatively.

In our daily life, most of us must have been a witness to or a victim of the corruption thriving in some or the other part of the country. It could be in the form of a taxi-driver manipulating the meter to jack-up the reading or a government officer taking bribery to promptly transfer your file to the next department or even yourself offering bribe to a traffic police on breaking a signal.

Even though the higher ushers of this menace, ‘administration’ has took it for-granted, for them corruption enhances the ways of revenues.

At present J&K state figures at number 2 in India in context of corruption, but as the Bihar government is mulling up to start anti-corruption year, with J&K without any maneuver, will ultimately shove J&K to number one spot, which would be pride moment for our so-called corrupt genre.

Some days back while running through Indian Express, I found that Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Pawar holds a resolution of making Bihar corruption Free State for Year 2011, eventually yielding special status.

On one hand India’s number one corrupt state is mulling to descend, whereas J&K state is stagnant in making any result oriented resolution to curb this menace.

Bihar Chief Minister summoned all his leaders to declare their assets, which would be a great step to intensify government’s fight against corruption.

But what about Jammu and Kashmir that is running out of ideas to eliminate corruption, rather one can say that Jammu and Kashmir administration is not interested to work on it.

As an old adage goes, ‘Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase”, same is case with Jammu and Kashmir, here the people are accepting bribery to grab more and more bugs, which subsequently ascends state towards ever increasing corrupt zone. As per official data around 665 registered cases of corruption are under the State Vigilance Organisation and Crime Branch against public servants including several IAS officers.

Competition of earning more and more, jostles common man into ditch of this grave torment. The inner sense of the man is waning over some currency notes, he may take prestigious rank after offering money, but he can’t repute that position.

Every person blames government for being liberal against corruption but at individual level every one of us had offered huge or subtle money to get our work done with ease.

Here in Jammu and Kashmir, the corruption seems ever lasting as the façade of the functioning is concerned, from peon to bureaucrat, every body is maligned with corruption, here our politicians play pivotal role and made J&K shine in this race by embezzling huge sum of funds.

Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah is less worried to put an end on it, or he doesn’t have much time to think over it, from his busy schedule and ‘Blackberry Games’.

This is the high time for the state government to show some strict accountability in eliminating this disease, which altogether is hollowing system of the state.