I am asking a question – is it possible to clean up the politics from the muck?? My answer is simple – NO..!! I know many will jump at me to call me "worse than a Jihadi" I believe politics in India cannot be cleaned up unless we all become clean. I know none of you wants to hear that a very significant percentage of people are corrupt. Like it or lump it, but it is a hard fact.For a moment let me consider some one has the magic wand and all politicians suddenly become clean and decide to clean the society. Can you imagine what will happen to millions of people of this Country whose aspiration and life style depend on ill gotten money?
Black money is an integral part of our economy. Some experts call it "Parallel Economy” because they believe the size of this is as big as our economy is. I personally believe we need to clean up our own houses first before talk about CLEANING UP THE DIRTY POLITICS. What will you call these dirty politicians? 1. They take away the food from the bowl of the poorest of the poor. Are they beggars?
2. They terrorize and kill the poor in the name of naxalism. Are they serial killers?
3. They loot national wealth worth trillions and keep in swiss bank. Are they looters?
4. They create communal riots. Are they terrorists?
What are they?
There is a saying that you get politicians and media you deserve. I believe firmly that this is TRUE.
I have some observations. People may agree or disagree but I think it is TRUE and hence I believe them. They are -
1. Those who scream about corruption often are not clean themselves. It is true for all sections of the Society.
2. Those who talk about Hinduism as a religion often do not practice principles of good “Karma”. Those who talk about "Dharma" are engaged in "Adharma".
3. People do not seem to understand that you have to be "honest" to demand honesty from others. Preachers often do not succeed because they do not practice.
I believe these rhetorics do not mean any thing. We are willing to bribe hence there are corrupt people. Politics has been dirty for a long time. It has not been exposed very often. Few instances are always discussed and quoted but some have been pushed under the carpet
Cleaning up can only start with self "cleansing". We all must adopt resolution - "We will not bribe, we will not accept bribe and we will object if others bribe or accept bribe "
How many will sign in and practice this. Otherwise it will remain as "rhetoric" and World will laugh at us... Can we not do some thing about it?
India is infamous for its corrupt politicians. Due to the disintegration or weakening of national parties, they have no other choice other than to support these corrupt among them. When I was young, the time when I did not have the voting, always wondered why people are voting for the corrupt. I thought the uneducated and illiterate are the majority and they are unaware of these facts and vote the corrupt politicians to the legislation. But when I grew up I realized the fact that in the fast growing economy of India most of the people are either educated or literate, and moreover the media has grown so fast that everyone is aware of all these dirty corruption. Then I wondered why these people are elected. Then most of the corporate media came with the fact that, the educated and people who got job, especially who works in corporate sector never vote. They say the reason as what is the use of voting all are corrupt. The uneducated who vote shown the same trend of voting the corrupt as they are unaware of the facts.
As Gandhiji said during freedom fight, “You should be the change you wish to see in this world”. But we want the change but will not work, current situation is like that. We blame other for voting, forgetting the fact we did not vote, so that the corrupt will not come to power. Not everyone is corrupt, there are a few who still holds some moral and political values. At least one will be there who is better than the corrupt candidate.
Another fact is, now the country India got the status of secular only in the constitution. Most of the political parties are playing the card of ‘vote in the name of religion and caste’. This has to be changed first. If one religion is appeased by a party, the rival party will be support another religion. Some feel they had been left out in all these canvassing and appeasement. These groups will finally form some radical group and so on the story continues.
The only way to change all these things, cast your vote next time. Blame, but work to stop this along with blaming. Vote for a change. Always think, ‘I am the change I wish to see in this world’, rather than to say or think, ‘he should be the change I wish to see in this world’.
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