It would be an understatement to say that most of the political leaders do not want to eliminate corruption. Corruption sustains them, it maintains them and they both survive and thrive on it. They will, rather, go all out to see that the movement against corruption is derailed and discredited. Despite what the congress leadership and even the prime minister (all small letters, please) say in the open for public consumption, the party and the government have let loose some hounds to do the howling. Diggy Raja is the main hitman of congress party and he is doing his job of 'hit and run' with consummate political skill and acumen. He and others let loose to do this job are confident that the members of civil society are basically civil and therefore it would not be possible for them to stand up to this calumny campaign. Relying on this characteristic of the drafting committee members, they have sharpened their attack. If Justice Hegde gives in and resigns, they will have succeeded in their mission. The members of civil society have to show some maturity here and stick to the task at hand. Let them attack as much as they want. We must not buckle under pressure. Our immediate task is to help draft an effective Lokpal bill. We want to utilize the expertise of the Bhushans and all others associated with the task of drafting. We must not be afraid of the pitfalls. We are not going to fall into them. Is it not said that if you dig pitfalls for others, you fall into them? In an informal chat with some members of intelligentsia, I was asked why are they not being changed by Annaji? Why should they be, I asked and wanted to know from them if they thought the Bhushans were paid for the services they were expected to offer, or did they think they were not competent to do the job? No one had any doubt about their competence. That's it. Let them help draft an effective bill and let that institution of lokpal be used against them if those raising these many questions think they have an issue here. Civil society will not come and hinder them.