Parliamentarians were supposed to meet in the afternoon of December 13 to honour those who died saving them five years ago. Instead, they woke up to the stupid acts of Eleven amongst them, caught on camera, accepting bribes for agreeing to do something they were in any case elected to do — raise issues in Parliament. It is ironic that the exposé took place on December 13. I mean..they must be wondering, who elects these bozos who don't even know the basics of taking bribes.
Anyways..when was the last government that tried to measure up itself on the integrity scale? All hopes of change with manmohan at the helm have dashed too. He was considered as 'someone who was in the politics but not of the politics'. But can a lone man change the system these days?
According to recent figures quoted in HT sometime ago, 99 per cent of the people perceive the police to be corrupt, 98 per cent think similarly about political parties and 97 per cent feel likewise about the judiciary. All three need a massive image makeover. This is an unfortunate commentary about the two main arms of governance that give security and justice to the average man and woman.
Moreover, the pattern in India today is to let a local thug evolve into a national don or let a problem fester and when ultimately forced to take notice, then grant some concessions — allocate funds or carve out a new district, a new state, or more reservations but skirt the main issue. These dons fight elections and give themselves a legal acceptance for existance. This only encourages regional and sectional truculence of various hues. Populist promises and actions ‘ghettoise’ us into Marathis, Brahmins, Rajputs, Jats, Kurmis, Yadavs, OBCs, Dalits, Hindus, Muslims, Bengalis, Assamese, Tamilians, Punjabis or whatever.
But isn't a 'hindustani' lost in all this?
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