It is amazing how our courts always, inadvertently I am sure, manage to find ways to protect politicians. A Delhi court has forced police to file a case for cheating against Kiran Bedi, a former IPS officer. It relates to Ms Bedi travelling in economy while charging NGOs for business class seats and using the money, thus saved, for her own NGO. The court acted in spite of objections from Delhi Police that there was no case because there had been no complaints from donors. Of course, this has nothing to do with Ms Bedi's close association with Anna Hazare who has caused such embarrassment to Congress with his campaign against corruption. The Congress has nothing to worry. All politicians are staunchly against any strong Lok Pal, regardless of their public statements, because it will put 99% of them behind bars. The opposition has decided to boycott the Home Minster, P Chidambaram for his role in the 2G scam. This plays right into Congress hands because the boycott wastes time and the Congress can blame the opposition for not giving it the time to pass the Lok Pal bill. As a back up the cabinet has chosen this moment for allowing foreign companies, such as Walmart and Tesco, 51% share in multi brand retail stores which was considered unacceptable till now because of the deleterious effect they will on neighborhood retail shops. Already opposition parties have vowed to create uproar in the House and the Congress can just sit back and relax. Last winter the Congress diverted attention from the CWG scam by refusing a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into the 2G scam. Why get your hands dirty when you have the opposition to help?