Politicians: The Breeders
of Corruption
Rama Krishna Vadlamudi,
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In
the words of Lowell, political parties serve as ‘the brokers of ideas,’ in the
sense they enable the citizens to find the truth for themselves in the matters
of public policy. But it wouldn’t be
wrong to argue that political parties in India
Ten areas where Indian politicians/legislators agree unanimously:
1. Amending the RTI Act to
exclude political parties from its purview*
2. Seeking to negate the Supreme
Court verdict, which disqualifies convicted MPs and MLAs from contesting
elections #
3. Raising salaries and perks of
legislators – MPs, MLAs and MLCs
4. Formation of Telengana State
5. Introducing more control in
the garb of ‘regulation’
6. Defining poverty and poor
people
7. Bunking parliament/assembly,
but claiming all allowances
8. Thinking that they are above
law
9. Craving for ‘Z’ security
10. ‘Slicing and dicing’ people
with promises of more and more ‘reservations’
* The Central Information
Commission on 03 June 2013 ruled that national parties, BJP, BSP, Congress (I),
CPI, CPM and NCP are public authorities under the Right to Information Act as
they are substantially funded by the Government.
# The Supreme Court on 10
July 2013 ruled that convicted persons are not eligible to vote indicating that
convicted MPs and MLAs cannot contest elections.
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Abbreviations:
MP – Member of Parliament and MLA – Member of Legislative Assembly.
Note:
With malice and jaundiced view against Indian politicians.
