"Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues and freebooters. All Indian leaders will be of low calibre and men of straw. They will have sweet tongues and silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles"
Our politicians today, across the nation, prove the above statement 100 per cent correct.
We have a politician, who, in the name of conducting Commonwealth Games, loots the Nation in all possible ways, makes himself wealthier, and walks freely even today;
We have another man, who has taught us the value of zeroes in the modern age. When compared to his loot record, all corruption cases appear smaller. Though he is resting at the Tihar at present, it is not sure if he would really be punished at the end and all the money be brought back;
And we have a great Prime Minister, who kept mum during the umpteen times when the spectrum 'King' said he had informed everything to the Prime Minister, suddenly opens his mouth one day in front of the editors of electronic media and pleads ignorance. He openly admits he did not have authority over choosing his cabinet colleagues - without any sense of shame;
While 'nethas' are like this, our 'babus' are not far behind. Except very few officers like Naresh Guptas of yesteryears, most of our Civil Servants - from IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS to lowest level of VAOs, corruption has become a way of life. The officials who loot are being revered in the society;
Corruption has been systematized in the country - lower level loots the people --> pays bribe every week to the higher ups. Grapevine is that district level officials are getting a few lakhs every week as bribe and they in turn take care of greasing the palms of our nethas;
Income Tax, vigilance and other sleuths prominently arrest politicians and government servants. But, not even a miniscule of them get punished at the end;
Corruption apart, the divide between rural and urban, poor and rich widens day by day. Citizens do not get the service for the tax they pay. India is one of the Nations where the tax net is very wide, yet the civic amenities are very poor;
At the root of all these evils lie the fact that power has gone to wrong hands as feared by Churchill.
"Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues and freebooters. All Indian leaders will be of low calibre and men of straw. They will have sweet tongues and silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles"
What a prophecy!! Power has indeed gone the way he has described!
If I get a chance to build a temple for some one, certainly my choice would be Winston Churchill. Can India remain together as a Nation for long? If this trend continues ....
