When I say "Look I know congress is corrupt, but BJP and is just as corrupt (and to boot, most of the members are hardcore criminals involved in countless cases) and give an example with one person", the BJP fanbois immediately go "Look, this guy from congress is also corrupt". So, some how, a congress politician being corrupt makes it perfectly alright for BJP politicians to be corrupt and in fact cleans away their corruption and makes them clean?
This reminds me of a debate I had with somebody a while back. He was a supporter of BJP although not totally a bhakth to the degree I have found people online..
He says that its necessary to stop corruption of congress politicians, but he still thinks that corruption is necessary for the people and so he would never consider voting for somebody (a third alternative) who is honest and clean than him. He says that congress politicians should not be able to indulge in corruption and govt offices should not be allowed to take bribes for normal work, but he wants to be able to pay bribes when he is caught on a traffic violation like jumping a traffic signal or accident or when he wants to get work done without waiting for his turn and for evading taxes. He says that corruption of this nature should be allowed because he thinks its not really corruption. He also agrees that BJP is just as corrupt as congress, but he doesn't mind giving them his vote as they are are more "nationalistic and patriotic" than congress and its alright for them to "loot" the nation a bit.
No, he wan't drunk when he said all that and he was dead serious too. I thought he was nuts, but I have come to realize that is is the anatomy of the mindset of a typical BJP Bhakth. AAP fanbois aren't much different. There are guys who went for a AAP anti corruption rally in the city the same day they get fake medical and travel receipts for tax evasion..Most people in this country don't even seem to even desire a clean govt because they can't feel good about themselves when they are also pointed as part of the corruption in this country. So even if a cleaner option materializes, they would still chose one of the corrupt ones.
You seem to be taking Modiji Image build up by Bhakts pretty seriously I guess. However Good Modiji is, he's not a saint to put his own colleague like Gadkari behind Bars for alleged corruption without a compelling media Outrage. I'm not justifying any corruption but BJPs corruption will be investigated when they're out of Power. No Party is completely honest ; but as I told previously you don't get to choose between JFK vs Donald Trump or LB Shastri vs Modiji, where the choice would have been obvious. You'll always be forced to select lesser of the evils, in which case BJP getting voted to power seems pretty straightforward. That is what the surveys reflect if LS Elections were held today...
https://m.timesofindia.com/india/if...ups-mega-online-poll/articleshow/62086778.cms
Now coming to AAP, they had comfortably taken the vacuum created by almost rudimentary Left. Modi & resurgence of RW has made Left Wing Politically relevant again. AAP is the party which came with lots of promises of providing a good alternative but its over ambitious motor mouth President spiralled its downfall sooner than expected. At a point of time I even got primary membership forms for AAP ; but decided otherwise. Still if they Vow not to take any corporate donations for Party funds and do away with Skull Cap brand of Politics it should be a great alternative to everyone concerned about the country.
Bhakts are the same people who previously used to go for vacation during Election holidays. They never found anyone compelling enough to Vote. So, Secular Parties controlled the democracy with wooing Minority Clerics, handful Dalit Leaders, opinion makers in Mainstream media. Now the things have changed and the Bhakts have taken voting seriously ; the credit goes to the charismatic personality of Modi, Over-the-Top Minority Appeasement by Secular Parties & of course properly planned Social media campaigns. most of Secular Parties neglect this group of voters. Their United voting support is the main reason BJP does very well in Urban areas. Remove Modi from the equation & rest of BJP doesn’t fair better than opposition. That's why from Delhi Muncipal elections to Gujarat Assembly he happens to be the poster boy for BJP.
Gujarat Elections will be a landmark judgment for BJP ( Getting elected for 6th term without Modi as CM this time is no Small achievement) and if they lose probably it'll limit their over confidence and guide for course correction. But this BJP campaign was the worst in years; it was utterly negative without any kind of optimism and relevance, so let's see. I hope they lose Gujarat Elections, so a introspection is forced and consider fulfilling their election promises.
Congress still relies on family, and their Feudal mindset is not going to change. Reservation politics like Patidars, and Skull Cap replaced by Temple Run in Gujarat Elections isn't anything new for them. This is the same Rotten campaign formula which they are still sticking to. I felt they had a better chance at winning had they not campaigned, they perfectly danced to a script set by BJP, Janeau Dhari Shivbhakt was totally uncalled for...
Come 2018 Karnataka elections, Rahul G will be seen with Skull Cap, unapologetic about forcing Kannada Linguistic identity, promising separate religion status for Lingayaths etc. Its foolish to expect anything new from them. Leave digital push, they would not have made a single app for governance had they been in Power.
Well.You cannot really blame the politicians.
The problem is that we Indians are a corrupt lot in every walk of life from the smallest thing like jumping a queue or ignoring traffic signals and the funniest thing is we think that those are our rights as Indians.
After all people get the leaders they deserve.
Yes Politicians are basically citizens, the most Corrupt amongst us becomes a politician. To be truthful We Indians don't prefer a honest Politician or Beurocrat, we prefer the one who's corrupt and who is in our favor irrespective of the ethical standards.
Coming back to the OT of FRDI, two most important questions ;
How many Nationalized Banks have gone bankrupt in last 30yrs? Are Our concerns totally far from real?
What's the Government Stake Holding in various Nationalized banks? What Does bankruptcy for Nationalized banks mean?
