Monday, September 20, 2010

Competitive Malgovernance

It's a pity that all three pillars of Indian democracy namely executive, legislature and judiciary are vying with one another to lose public confidence.

One of the three judges of the Allahabad High Court Bench that heard the Ayodhya title case says that he was not consulted by the other two judges before they pronounced the decision in an interim petition in the case. The Supreme Court is in a dilemma on how to respond to allegations of a former Law Minister that corruption envelopes the top echelons of the Supreme Court also.

The Executive sees nothing amiss in ignoring the warning of the leader of opposition while recommending a person for appointment as Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Corrupt and incapable ministers are retained in the cabinet as if any logical action would violate their 'fundamental rights'.

The parliament continues to be held to ransom by various political parties in apparent furtherance of their narrow interests.

If the trend continues, it may not be long before India is written off as irredeemable.

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