Who should we blame? The boss or the lackeys?

Bollywood movies usually have a despicable villain, called the Baas ( Boss ), who lives in a beautiful bungalow, wears an expensive suit, drives an expensive car and entertains beautiful women in 5 star hotels while sending his hired goons to beat up poor, innocent people to steal their land. He never indulges in violence personally. On the contrary, he is gentle with children and contributes generously to charity. So, who carries the greater blame - the boss, who gives the orders but never gets his hands dirty, or the goons who beat and kill people. The Congress operates along similar lines. The Family is on top, living in Lutyens bungalows worth a combined Rs 12 billion. There are the trusted lieutenants who are allowed to contest safe seats and carry out whatever is necessary to keep The Family in power by using the police to file false cases against opponents, interfere with criminal cases of allies and destroying the economy by wasting vast sums of taxpayer money to bribe voters. And then there are those in the press who twist facts or write outright lies to throw mud on opponents while trying to whitewash the crimes of the Congress. One such article tries to prove that the reason the stock market is soaring is not due to the expectation of Mr Modi winning the elections but because foreigners are returning to the Indian market after selling out in a panic last year. Foreigners have put in only $1 billion which is a fraction of total financial investments in the world. In his efforts to throw mud on Mr Modi the writer himself provides the answer to why this is so. Mr Modi will have to build a coalition which will act as a drag on him. True but ' coalition dharma ' does not have to mean allowing politicians to steal trillions of rupees from the taxpayer. Just allow the Comptroller and Auditor General to do his job and he will automatically scare the crooks. The Congress has passed a lot of restrictive laws which he cannot undo because he does not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha. Banks cannot lend because they are saddled with trillions of rupees of bad loans. He has forgotten the deliberate act of economic sabotage in the Land Acquisition Act, the Seventh Pay Commission and many new social schemes. So who is to blame for the woes of India? The Family, the Dobermans or the liars who try to whitewash their crimes? Difficult problem.