04-23-2007, 12:25 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Ravish+Apr 22 2007, 01:46 AM-->QUOTE(Ravish @ Apr 22 2007, 01:46 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The arrest last week of a BJP Member of the Lok Sabha while he was in the process of taking out of India a women and a 14 year boy to Canada on forged documents is a very disturbing development. The subsequent investigations indicate that the MP was engaged in human trafficking and it is further alleged that several other MPs are also engaged in such activities.
This is perhaps the glimpse of the corruption that has entered our political system. There have been several media reports in the past about criminal elements entering the State legislature and Parliament after getting elected on national party tickets. It was expected that the BJP being a Cadre based organization with a strong ideology would do better but now it appears that it is as good a political party as the rest in the Indian political arena.
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What difference does a cadre based party make? Corruption depends on the level of checks and balances. Say in an exam, if the students who cheat are not pulled up, what incentive is there for any student to study and prepare for exams? If our errant officials and representatives are not pulled for unlawful practices, no party can prevent such criminal elements from infiltrating them. If this is the level in BJP, the cleanest party, you can imagine how things will be in congress and others. Also, I think, this trafficking can be blamed on MODI! <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> If only MODI had given oppurtunity for his state MP to make some easy cash as some Board chairman, the MP would not have had to resort to this!
This is perhaps the glimpse of the corruption that has entered our political system. There have been several media reports in the past about criminal elements entering the State legislature and Parliament after getting elected on national party tickets. It was expected that the BJP being a Cadre based organization with a strong ideology would do better but now it appears that it is as good a political party as the rest in the Indian political arena.
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What difference does a cadre based party make? Corruption depends on the level of checks and balances. Say in an exam, if the students who cheat are not pulled up, what incentive is there for any student to study and prepare for exams? If our errant officials and representatives are not pulled for unlawful practices, no party can prevent such criminal elements from infiltrating them. If this is the level in BJP, the cleanest party, you can imagine how things will be in congress and others. Also, I think, this trafficking can be blamed on MODI! <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> If only MODI had given oppurtunity for his state MP to make some easy cash as some Board chairman, the MP would not have had to resort to this!