An alphabet soup of gangs.

Politicians in India maybe totally shameless, dishonest, unpatriotic villains but as a source for entertainment they are unparalleled. There are 38 parties in the Lok Sabha and 12 of them have one seat each. Do they matter? Has anyone heard of the VCK or the MDMK, and KC (M) does not stand for Kisan Chakra (Medium). There is a Janata Party, a Janata Dal (S), a Janata Dal (U), (R) Janata Dal and a (B) Janata Dal. If this profusion of alphabets is not confusing enough we hear that 20 MLAs have left the RJD in Bihar but 6 of them later recanted. The JDU is being blamed for poaching them. Meanwhile Chirag, which means ' Flame ', son of Ram Vilas Paswan, Chief of LJP is displeased about seat sharing with the INC and RJD and hinted at supporting the BJP, which has been condemned as support for communal forces although persecuting the majority to show support for 'minorities' is not seen as communal. Mr Nitish Kumar of JDU needs all the help he can get. He was elected chief minister with the help of the BJP, which has 91 seats in the Bihar assembly, but his personal hatred for Mr Narendra Modi made him a sucker for the Congress which promised him special package for Bihar, encouraging him to break his alliance with the BJP, and then dumped him. Mr Kumar is completely at the mercy of the Congress and the RJD who will bring him down when it will suit them. Reduced to irrelevance he has been whining from the sidelines, even calling for a bandh in his state. For those of us who have been wondering why a man of the stature of Nandan Nilekani has been working to help the police state by making the bio-metric card, Aadhar a success we now know that the Congress corrupted him by making him its candidate for South Bangalore. No one is immune to the lure of power and pelf, not even a billionaire who has everything. As proved by our most revered Home Minister, SK Shinde who is incensed by opinion polls predicting a rout of the Congress. " We will crush such elements in the electronic media, which are indulging in false propaganda. I have the intelligence department under me, I know who is doing such things," he threatened. Mr Shinde used to be in the police and so must be an expert in the third degree. And he has the bio-metric details of Aadhar to find who he wants. The people will have to choose which gang they want to rule them. It is like being asked to choose your hangman.