Saturday, May 08, 2010

The BJP or Bharatiya Janta Party, which is the largest opposition party to the Congress led government in India, is vociferously complaining about the misuse of the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI by the government to coerce politicians to support whatever it does. According to the BJP politicians the Congress is holding the CBI as a ' Damocles sword ' over politicians who have been implicated in cases of having ' disproportionate assets ' or assets disproportionate to their declared sources of income. The BJP is angry because it was promised support in a recent vote in Parliament by some politicians who then broke their word and supported the government. Surely BJP politicians have been around long enough to know that Indian politicians have no sense of decency, honor or integrity. Also when a party cobbles together a coalition by creating more than 80 ministerial posts it is going to use any means, however unethical and disgusting, to cling on to power. While it is protesting about Congress tactics the BJP is shamelessly putting together a coalition government in the state of Jharkhand with the support of one of the men it accuses of betrayal, namely Shibu Soren. Just goes to show how Indian politicians will do anything to get into power because power brings a chance to loot. Perhaps the BJP thinks that Indian people are stupid but we have not forgotten the sordid story of Tehelka and how the then BJP led government used the CBI to destroy the paper. Indian politicians should stop talking about principles or the rule of law. Just keep quiet and carry on looting.

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