There is no policy paralysis.

In the opinion of every pundit the first 5 years of Congress rule from 2004 to 2009 was extremely successful but the second term has been a failure because of " policy paralysis ". By policy paralysis they mean a lack of action on the part of the government which is engaged in extricating itself from numerous charges of corruption. The experts are wrong on both counts. The success in the first term was the result of reforms undertaken by the previous BJP government, which were working into the system, and cheap money flooding in from richer countries because of very low interest rates. Secondly there has been no policy paralysis at all. In fact the Congress has been very busy preparing for the elections in 2014. The telecom scam, the Commonwealth Games scam, the coal mines allocation scam and others have netted the Congress trillions of rupees for elections expenses. We can expect copious amount of alcohol for men and sarees and other goodies for women to be distributed just before elections. The Congress has passed NREGA, forgave all loans to farmers, increased civil servant salaries by 80%, passed the Backward Areas Grant, the Food Security Bill, Right to education bill, which is a direct tax on the middle class, the Land Acquisition Bill, which makes land acquisition impossible, and is now working on a Right to Housing Bill. This is socialism at its most virulent and a most cynical bribery of the poor by wasting taxpayer money, never mind the inflation, the increasing fiscal deficit, the plunging rupee and the threat of downgrade to junk status. To get the support of other political gangs and civil servants the Congress is planning laws to protect them from prosecution for any crimes they commit. The Prevention of Corruption Act prescribes severe punishment, including jail, for anyone paying bribes. HT, 13 September. This coupled with the laws that prevent prosecution of any civil servant without government permission and guaranteed pension benefits, even if convicted, means that only we will be punished and not the scum. Remember BB Mohanty? The Congress is planning to pass an Ordinance to protect MPs from having to resign if convicted of a serious crime by allowing time to appeal. TOI, 13 September. This is to nullify a Supreme Court order. This is no paralysis. In fact, the Congress has been extremely active. But only for itself, let the country go to hell.