CORRUPTION

Corruption is synonymous with politics or may be the other way round. Winning a seat in an election opens the door for looting public money. It's a licence to loot. Lalu Prasad looted 650 crores when he was the CM of Bihar and a CBI investigation was going on against him but nothing came off it. He became the Railway Minister after that and must have made several hundred crores more. Looting goes on in every government department and it's unstopable. No matter how much you write about it, you cannot halt the rot. If the Prime Minister is not strong corruption cannot be controlled. If we elect convicted murderers, dacoits and thugs to Parliament and Assemblies and release them from jail to get their votes in no-cinfidence motion, how can one expect to eradicate corruption from public life ? Yes, we can write about it as often as possible to pinch the public conscience, we can cry ourself hoarse, but that's about all. Where most educated people are engrossed with the rotten reality shows telecast in the TV, how far their conscience can be shaken is doubtful. But, we must try.