I am filled with an absolute disgust for the political class that currently occupy the seats of power in the country. The word "politician" is today synonymous with scams, scandal, abuse of power and every other immoral activity possible. It is not surprising that a recent nation wide survey by Outlook, revealed that 76% of the respondents felt that Indian politicians had given democracy a bad name.
This popular sentiment was further reinforced when a Member of Parliament(MP), a BJP legislator called Babubhai Katara, was arrested on Wednesday, Apr 18 while trying to smuggle a lady and a boy to Canada, on the passports of his wife and son. The lady is supposed to have paid Rs. 30 lakh to the legislator. Even worse, he has a past history of smuggling people out of the country, it's just that his luck ran out this time. It is a blatant abuse of the diplomatic passports that have been issued to him and his family. The BJP has dropped him like a hot potato, an expulsion seems guaranteed. But don't be mistaken, the party's actions have more to do with saving it's face, than with a high moral standing. If they had to expel him, they should have done so much earlier, when cases of loot, murder and election fraud were filed against him.
When legislators take their seat for the first time they are required to take an oath, which goes:
"I, .., having been elected (or nominated) a member of the Council of States do swear in the name of God, I solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India and that I will faithfully discharge the duty upon which I am about to enter."
Either our MPs have realized the truth about God or they have no respect for the nation's constitution and her people, for the oath that they take is null and void.
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