Monday, October 07, 2013

Which politician is worth voting for?

Delhi is known for its pea-soup fogs but this year this year they threaten to blot out the sun completely. The reason? Elections in 5 states in November and December, followed by general elections by May. As the drop in temperature coincides with copious amounts of hot air from our fibbing politicians we can expect reason, morality or patriotism to be blotted out by generous distribution of Below-Poverty-Line cards, regularisation of illegal colonies, wads of cash doled out through Direct Money Transfer based on Aadhar cards, grains at Rs 2 a kg and Aadhar cards for illegal Bangladeshis so that they can access all the above mentioned benefits paid for by us. Taxpayer money is being wasted on hasty, superficial repairs of roads with as little tar as possible because tar comes from coal and coal has to be imported, because mines were given away as presents to family and friends. Problem is that this year the monsoon is refusing to go and a few showers will loosen the pebbles, leaving us with bigger potholes than before. It is necessary to bribe voters or else no one, except Bangladeshis, will turn up to vote which will be terribly embarrassing for politicians always boasting about India being the largest democracy when everyone knows that we are a violent police state controlled by family controlled political gangs. Out of a total of 4807 MPs and MLAs 1460, which is 30%, have criminal cases registered against them. In fact 688 MPs and MLAs declared serious cases against themselves in their election affidavits. Among others some are also criminals but have not yet been caught or are so vile that the police dare not charge them while the rest are accessories because they tolerate the criminals knowingly. Naturally politicians do not want the people to know so they try to censor the internet. Mr Rahul Gandhi recently came out strongly in favor of keeping criminals out of parliament. There is a long list of changes he could initiate to ensure true democracy in India. But none can be more important than freedom of speech. If we are charged with sedition every time we complain about corruption the villains will continue to go unpunished. If he is a patriot he must ensure the safety of the nation by stopping the free flow of Bangladeshis. Politicians should be worth voting for. Why else should we bother.

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