There seems to be no nadir for politicians in India. Fellow called Azmi, elected recently to the Maharashtra Assembly, insisted on taking his oath in Hindi during the swearing in ceremony. The Shiv Sena insisted that he take the oath in Marathi which he refused to do. When Azmi proceeded to take his oath in Hindi, because it is the national language, he was assaulted inside the House for which some MLAs have been suspended for four years. Who will represent the people these suspended MLAs were elected to represent? Will there be byelections or will these constituencies remain in suspended animation for the duration of the assembly? The Shiv Sena fellows have warned Azmi against criticising Bal Thackeray, the chief of Shiv Sena, and apparently there have been phoned death threats against Azmi. Why should it be an offence to criticise politicians who are all criminals anyway? It is not yet one year since the attacks on Mumbai, the economy is still critical, food inflation is over 13% and unemployment is so high no one bothers to count it but poiticians are fighting over what language to use to swear in. We all know that whatever oath they take they will enrich themselves even at the expense of the country so who the hell cares. The best would be to do away with the swearing in ceremony and spare the people the nausea of hearing lies.