Rubbish Thoughts on Corruption

The non-Congress political parties are making political hay out of the avoidable night operation by the government in the infamous Baba Ramdev episode. But, if one analises the events that led to the avoidable, it can be seen that the Government had Hobson’s choice in the matter. If the Yoga Guru’s Political act were not conked out, it would have prompted more and more so-called civil-society members to pick up the gauntlet under the pretext of fighting corruption. It is everyone’s knowledge that the country has been undergoing a crisis of public morality and public trust. Who gets an opportunity to steal the public wealth, does so with impunity thumbing his nose at the legal machinery in the republic. The government alone cannot wage any meaningful fight against corruption. It needs the whole-hearted support of the society at large. The process of dismantling Licence Raj was initiated the very same Congress Party in 1992 with the sole intention to eliminate the sources of corruption. Now, it has come to the notice that the very same avenues are being misused by a section of the politicians to pocket sweat-money through insidious methods, which needs to be rectified through effective legislation. But, this does not mean that all Indians are corrupt or all Indians are clean. There are wolves in sheep’s clothing everywhere, but killing all the sheep to eliminate corruption and black-money will be like burning the entire house fearing a little mouse. Similarly, attributing the UPA2 government for all the ills afflicting the nation will also be unfair. The adversaries of the Congress have been employing a devious ploy of singling out Dr. Singh in Corruption Index as Mr. Clean, even as they blame the Congress Party for all the ills. We must understand the complex Cycle of Corruption and try to do our mite to reduce it to the barest minimum, instead of wailing in futility.