Whistleblower: The New Indian Patriot

We all know what patriotism means. Shivaji versus Muslims, Azad / Bhagat Singh versus British, defence forces versus Chinese / pakis, police versus terrorists are the obvious examples. But how does a patriotic aam aadmi display his patriotism during peace times? I guess doing ones duty, following the laws of the land and act in way, which is beneficial for the country, are some ways.

The example I would like to cite first is that of Late Satyendra Dubey who was fellow IIT alum. This intrepid man was killed by organized crime after he blew the whistle on the criminal activity in the Golden Quadrilateral Project. The BJP government was helpless in bringing his killers to justice.

Dubey represents a new breed of Indian patriots – the Whistleblower. Of you look at it, these guys represent the helpless aam aadmi in face of the omnipotent monster of corruption. This monster represented by the neta-babu-lala nexus has emerged stronger than before in the successive UPA governments as we have seen. Scams have become larger and the money involved astronomical.

The latest scam is the Coalgate, which involves bigwigs in Congress and prominent corporate houses. A man whose name is lost in the noise (created by the ambitious leaders of the BJP while neglecting the real hero) is that of a BJP MP Hansraj Gangaram Ahir who has been carrying out this fight since 2005. It is absolutely amazing that despite of his allegations, the Congress won the elections and it is only now that this scam has come to fore. Fortunately for Hansraj Ahir, he has the BJP to protect him otherwise he would have encountered the same fate as Satyendra Dubey.

A very nice article talks about some more examples. Sanjiv Chaturvedi who is an IFS officer blew the whistle on the Haryana Forest Department, Major (Retd) S.K. Lamba, the war veteran who exposed Adarsh scam, Aseervartham Achary, Raja's PA., who blew the lid off 2G scam, Manjunath Shanmugan who blew the whistle on the petrol mafia in UP and Rajinder K. Singla blew the whistle on the various education scams in Punjab are some of the true heroes.

These men are the modern day Chandrashekhar Azads of India and should be treated as such. They are the heroes India needs and deserves. They need to be protected by any and all means available to the system. We need to look at the Whistleblower Protection Act, which has been put in place in the USA, and emulate it (a better idea than copying mall designs). If we do not protect these heroes then we are worse than the murdering British who at least gave our freedom fighters there day in court rather than murdering them in the street.

The excellent article on the topic can be read at: http://readability.com/m?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FOHhBVF