Dear Editor,
I fully endorse the views of the author Mahadeep Singh Jamwal in his thought-provoking article ‘Corruption and available tools to curb it.’ (April 17, 18). Rampant corruption in the country of course has pushed back to the backwardness of the country. 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. Though all politicians are not corrupt, even a very few can detoriate this entire democracy and eat away public money. So there has to be some independent law enforcing agency that can punish any top guns in the government machinery if the allegations against them are proved. Corruption in every walk of our lives has been destroying every democratic institution that our forefathers have cherished for. A corruption free system is not a favour granted to us by politicians. It is our constitutional right. We must remember that the fruits of progress can reach the masses only if we control corruption.Corruption is spreading like an uncontrolled virus and eating into our very existence. If every citizen comes forward to punish the corrupt, the cancer of corruption can be stemmed.
Vinod C.Dixit
Jammu
