<p>As the Rajya Sabha took up the debate on the Lokpal bill, Jaitley said: “The message is loud and clear, people are not ready to accept the present status quo.</p>.<p>“Corruption in many areas has become a way of life.”</p>.<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the "upper sections of the society bend the rules and indulge in corruption, while the common people suffer. <br /><br />“There are low areas of society where the average man has to confront corruption as a way of life,” he said.<br /><br />He said some “not so complementary statements” were being made about parliament and MPs. He urged fellow members not to pay attention to them.<br /><br />“Time has now come to raise the bar of accountability in India. Existing structures have not succeeded. They have not responded to the enormity of the situation,” he said. <br /><br />The upper house took up the debate at noon, an hour after the Lok Sabha begun the debate to resolve the logjam over a Lokpal bill following a fast by Hazare that entered the 12th day Saturday.</p>
<p>As the Rajya Sabha took up the debate on the Lokpal bill, Jaitley said: “The message is loud and clear, people are not ready to accept the present status quo.</p>.<p>“Corruption in many areas has become a way of life.”</p>.<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the "upper sections of the society bend the rules and indulge in corruption, while the common people suffer. <br /><br />“There are low areas of society where the average man has to confront corruption as a way of life,” he said.<br /><br />He said some “not so complementary statements” were being made about parliament and MPs. He urged fellow members not to pay attention to them.<br /><br />“Time has now come to raise the bar of accountability in India. Existing structures have not succeeded. They have not responded to the enormity of the situation,” he said. <br /><br />The upper house took up the debate at noon, an hour after the Lok Sabha begun the debate to resolve the logjam over a Lokpal bill following a fast by Hazare that entered the 12th day Saturday.</p>