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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Use mobile camera to shoot down the corrupt: Kiran Bedi

India's first woman IPS officer and anti-corruption crusader Kiran Bedi calls upon youth to
 use voting power to weed out the corrupt from the system on Zee Media's 'Bharat Bhagya
 Vidhata' episode on corruption.
Kiran Bedi
Kiran Bedi - DNA
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Award winner and anti-
corruption crusader
Kiran Bedi has exhorted
 people in the country to use technology as a weapon
 against corruption.
Bedi came up with a
 unique solution to
 curb corruption saying
 people should use their
 mobile camera to capture
 the culprits asking for bribe.

In an exclusive conversation
 with Divya Jaitly of Zee
 Media in Bharat Bhagya
 Vidhata’s ‘Ek Naari Ais
i Bhi’ show on ZeeNews
, Bedi said, “Use your
 mobile camera and
 click photographs if
someone asks for bribe
 and pressurize him to deal with you fairly”.

The former lady super cop wanted the government to install cameras across
 all government offices, especially those dealing with the public. “Today almost
every government office is synonymous to corruption as the country doesn’t have
 stringent laws to punish them. All government offices should use cameras so that
 all corrupt practices within the premises can be recorded,” she demanded.

She urged the youth to use the power of voting to fight against corruption. Bedi
 pitched for making people believe in their voting right.
Bedi wants the ‘aam aadmi’ to use 49-O election rule if dissatisfied with all the
candidates in the fray.  She told BBV, “Don’t let the political parties take you for granted.
 Use your vote and select the right candidate. And, please don’t let anyone get elected
 only if he is less corrupt than his opponent.” She believed this would result in evoking
 fear amongst the corrupt babus.

She observed that corruption had taken deep root in society and there was need for
 as much probe of corruption in private sector. “Not only public but the private sector
 should also come under the ambit of anti-corruption laws. The government should
 enforce a law that includes every sector,” she averred.

On role of police and bureaucracy, she lamented that the focus had completely
 shifted away from rendering public service to fulfilling their materialistic needs.  

Endorsing the point of view of Bedi, Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor also believed that
India’s youth is angry because of growing corruption
in the country. She told BBV Ek Nari Aisi Bhi Show, “Today there is an anger and anguish
 in the youth of the country. But unlike earlier, they (youth) now step out and do
candle-march to register their protest against the growing corruption in the country.”   

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