India Incorporation

A Prakash Rao

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Jul 29, 2021

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Recently there was a cabinet reshuffle and cabinet expansion at the central ministry. About 36 members of parliament were newly or freshly inducted into the Central cabinet. The average age of newly inducted ministers was said to be 46 years.

The Headlines in one of the loud TV news channels read : “ New council of young & dynamic ministers have been sworn in by the President of India ”. So far so good, India Incorporation is indeed shining, I thought to myself.

But very recently there was a transparency report, as per the survey or scrutiny conducted by ADR (elite & prestigious version of HRD),which said/concluded that 42% of the new council of ministers of Central government have criminal cases pending against them and 90% of them are millionaires.

Not surprisingly, the findings of the report did not shock the nation. This was the order of the day and hence accepted by all with a pinch of salt !

Bottom Line :

1. While the criminal rate is going up, the poverty rate is coming down

2. In order to defeat or overcome poverty, you need to commit crimes obviously as per the “survival of meanest” theory

3. In order to be a politician or a lawmaker, you need to be a criminal and a millionaire because eventually you will be dealing with criminals & millionaires. Where is the time for common man ?

4. Everything is fair and handsome in politics !