- The natural,
prevailing discourse about the value-system of the Indian politics is that
there is no value-system at all.
- Politicians are a
class apart. They are a new, separate, higher class, exuding elitism and
are well beyond the reach of other social classes in a multilayered Indian
society.
- Politics of the
world’s largest democracy is being run by the political outfits that do
not believe or practice internal party democracy. The top leadership in
almost every political party is in an exclusive zone and thinks, decides
and acts unilaterally.
- The dynasty is the flavour of the developments. Barring few outfits, almost every layer of the leadership in most of the political parties is infested with the dynasty bug. The political dynasty at the top leadership acts with absolute rule and the practice of promoting the family (sans the absolute rule element) trickles down to other layers of the party hierarchy with every other politician rushing to push his/her wife, husband, son, daughter, father, son-in-law or daughter-in-law in the political foray.
- The law of the
land is not for the politicians.
They are increasingly sacrosanct. A criminal or a person with a higher
degree of notoriety has almost certain chances of taking a winning dip
into the viscous and opaque flow of the political developments of the
country.
- ‘No politician
is corrupt’ is the baseline
of the political corruption. Corruption allegations are motivated acts by
the adversaries to derail a luminous political career.
- Likewise, going to
jail under corruption charges are more like excursion trips now. Scores of
politicians are visiting jails after being sentenced by the courts yet
they return with aplomb by the cheering fans, fight elections and win
them, too. Likewise, sackings are the acts of adversaries. Likewise,
forced resignations are the exemplary acts of morality.
- The oft-quoted line
that ‘there are no friends or foes in politics’ is at its
evolutionary top of its dominance. The shameless display of ‘washing
the dirty linen’ in the public and use of ‘supercharged and
sub-standard war of words’ are nothing but cover-ups to keep the prism
of ‘being different’ shining and reflective in the eyes of the
voters. Political parties and politicians in these outfits are ‘friendly
adversaries’ who engage in friendly fights only to become first
in the race to form a government but when it comes to the common concerns,
they unite to thwart any attempt to encroach on or to ‘rationalize’
their acts even if seen by the public as the acts of political immorality,
overall moral depravity and absolute degradation of the ‘politics of
values’.
- Extending the line
of the political camaraderie to the kinship, it is ensured that the families
and friends are left untouched in these ‘friendly fights’. Applicability
of ‘the law of the land is not for the politicians’ practice is a
natural extension to them.
- With all this, the Indian politics is now the safest career option for the ‘have’s’ – the existing political class, their extended families, the business class with political interests and criminals and scamsters. Joining the Indian political league doesn’t require high academic and intellectual credentials but ensures brilliant returns on even the minimum investment made, be it of time, or money or energy.
©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com/
