This refers to the report, “I have no relative, war against graft firm:PM” (September 26). Rampant corruption in the country has pushed back the economy to backwardness. It is a fact that corruption, like other social evils such as bribery, nepotism and favouritism, has found acceptance in the social psyche and behaviour of the people. Though all politicians are not corrupt, but even a very few can deteriorate this entire democracy and eat away public money. Post-demonetisation, the Government must now draw up a firm strategy to show the door to the corrupt and stem out laxity in higher bureaucracy.
There has to be some independent law enforcing agency that can punish any top guns in the Government machinery if allegations against them are proved. Corruption in every walk of our life has been destroying the democratic institution that our forefathers cherished. A corruption-free system is not a favour granted to us by the politicians. We must remember that the fruits of progress can reach the masses only if we control corruption. It is spreading like an uncontrolled virus and eating into our very existence. If every citizen comes forward to punish the dishonest, the cancer of can be rooted out.