The third law of politics.

Newton's third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. A similar law in politics will read that for every action made in bad faith the reaction could be far worse than the original problem. That is because of the multiplier effect of human reaction. In 2013 there was a bumper harvest of potatoes in Bengal but the crop failed in UP, the largest producer. This produced a scarcity in neighboring states but the Chief Minister of Bengal, Ms Mamata Banerjee stopped supplies to these states to prevent price rises in Bengal. She had elections to win. Farmers made handsome gains last year so they increased the area for planting potatoes and there has been a bumper harvest this year. Unfortunately for them the other states also planted more potatoes and are boycotting Bengal. Prices have crashed and 8 farmers have committed suicide. Laxmirani Das, whose husband, Tapan committed suicide last week lamented," He had borrowed Rs 40,000 but found no buyer for his crop. His yield was only worth Rs 8,000 and he mortgaged my ornaments. Lenders knocked on our door everyday. The insult was unbearable. Nobody helped us. My husband was forced to commit suicide. No one from government has come to us." The Aam Aadmi Party came to power in Delhi promising unlimited freebies. It promised to reduce electricity bills by half. Delhi is already experiencing long periods of power cuts. It also promised 20,000 liters of free water for every household. Whenever anything is free there is bound to be waste. Now the Aap is blaming Haryana for not supplying enough water. Haryana has alleged that Delhi is wasting water and the Chief Minister is a liar. The Chief Minister has ordered that in case of shortage water supply to VIPs should also be cut off. Imagine the stink in the Assembly if all the MLAs turn up without a wash. It is but natural that the Chief Minister has labeled some prominent members of his party as ' kamine ', which means ' stinkers '. The truth will out. Meanwhile the central government is very pleased with the auction of telecom spectrum which has earned over Rs 1 trillion and makes India one of the most expensive in the world. How much it will add to our bills remains to be seen. The central government is also pushing ahead with the Unique Identity project or Aadhar. This is a biometric system which is based on photographs, prints of all 10 fingers and iris scans. That makes us acutely vulnerable if the system is hacked by terrorists. Will the government protect us against the brutal police? The NREGA scheme increased food inflation by creating a rural wage inflation, the Right to Education Act has increased school fees by 500%, while resulting in a fall in standards of school education, and farmers loans waiver has resulted in bad loans for banks. They will never learn.