Why There Is A Scarcity Of Accountability In India?
There is some serious lack of accountability in our country.
Where ever we may look, we only would find a hoard of people enjoying all that
the state has to offer and that too without any accountability whatsoever. This
lack of accountability is not only limited to the sectors that our government
continue to mismanage. It is in fact rampant in private sectors as well. People
from different walks of life; and to sound secular, from different cast, creed
and religion are part of this absence of accountability syndrome.
Though it depends on us as to how we want to carry ourselves
but there is no denying that we get influenced by the surroundings. Primary
reason why most of us started smoking once we were in our Engineering colleges.
No I am not saying smoking is bad. It is the system that we habitat in, propels
our actions and most of the time molds us to fit to it. And by nature we humans
get attracted to the bad part of everything quicker than the good one. Partly
because, it is tough to be a good human and the other part because we never
wanted to be good at the first place. Another thing that is unique to
humans among all the life forms on this globe is; we are very greedy, lazy and
selfish. We want all the things of the world without moving a muscle of ours.
And having accountability in our endeavors is one heck of a task to accomplish,
that too each day of our lives. Hence we develop an attitude of responsibility
docking. This is where our democracy and democratically elected governments
come handy. By design we are supplied with ample opportunities to make a mess
of our job, responsibility and attitude. We do this; not because we are
rascals in entirety but because we are readily handed over a conducive environment
for nonsense on a platter. So we flourish and enjoy the surroundings as pigs
enjoy dirty mud.
Be it good, bad or worse, it all starts from the top. If the
attitude of rot starts right there at the top, we certainly can’t blame the
peon alone who sleeps most part of his working hours on a government supplied
tool or when awake pockets a Rs. 10/- currency to take your application from
the doorstep to babu’s table. That is quite natural when he sees his boss, if
not more, is as lethargic and corrupt like him. This theory of relative idiocy
is also applicable to his boss as well; and his boss and his boss too; till it
reaches the post of our prime-minister. By the way, since the inception of a
certain Pratibha Patil as our president, I have got no intent to acknowledge
the post of president is the supreme position in India. So I stopped right at
Manmohan Singh’s table, though on minute observation he doesn’t look any better
than madam Patil.
Back to the topic. Lack of accountability also encourages
rampant corruption since the thugs very well know they won’t be questioned
ever. In fact there won’t be any to question them since the person responsible for
taking the thugs to task could be a bigger thug himself. So mutual convenience takes
center stage, resulting a lot of Apsi Bhagidari and we end up having what we
have now; an entire system too lethargic to act, react or even govern. Thugs
and highly incompetent people rule the roost while those few who are responsible
and hardworking are asked to shut up and mind their own business.
Look at 2G. We are not getting into the technicalities to
debate if it was actually a loss of 1.6 lakh crores to the nation or the same
amount of loot. In whichever way, the exchequer got a severe dent financially
and that’s what should matter. Let us even accept for a moment that it is not
loot but loss. Even then, this is not a small amount and certainly there has to
be someone who must answer why we should bear this loss. Do I see anyone made
answerable for such blunders? Can I know a single point of contact, who could
clarify the details of this massive loss and the possible reasons of it? I don’t
see any. Why? Does I am told indirectly that among us 1.2 billion there is not
even a single person who is responsible for this? Who did this then? Aliens? This
is what is called lack of accountability. Got to think of it when there is a
potential of losing such unheard amount and yet there isn’t a single responsible
soul employed to specifically watch out for lacunas. If so then it casts a big
question mark on our foresight and maturity. Are we that immature as a nation?
Hang on!! Did I hear someone taking Raja’s name as the person in charge? I am
sorry he was not. He is a pawn or at best a scapegoat in this 2G jungle. There
are whales who actually perpetrated this loot while we are getting cozy by
apprehending a mere Dolphin like Raja. I still feel sorry for Raja since a lot
of people who got hugely benefited from this 2G loot are never questioned while
this poor chap had to rot in Tihar for good part of a year.
The problem with our country is that the buck stops nowhere.
Like magic, we always see a whole lot of people who need to give their approval
before I can even purchase a car but when it comes to take up the responsibility
while things go wrong, I don’t even see a single entity. No, I am not that
dumb. I can understand the presence of a lot of people in the first case since it
involves earning some quick corrupt money, which is not the scenario in the
second case. But then, we can’t be that indifferent. Can we? Another funny
aspect of our governance is the smartness in picking a scapegoat. Somehow, the
top brigade takes home the heftiest pay cheque but when it requires taking the
blame we always have the lower most of the food chain; who is send to the
gallows. How many times you have heard how the poor lines man was squarely
responsible for the latest train accident which killed hundreds? It is a very,
very rare sight when one finds it always the bottom layer of our system where
the buck stops, rather stopping at the top.
Matter involving CWG is another thing which showcases our
lack of accountability. When the loot was not spotted, we had a hell lot of
people who were busy taking all the praise. From Kalmadi to that Bhanot and
many others were all over the place with their chest beating exercise. But when
things went wrong and the massive loot got unearthed, the same morons who were
there earlier vanished all of a sudden. We might have thrown few of the thugs
behind bars but that certainly is pathetically ineffective. Like Raja, I feel
Kalmadi is again a minor pawn in this CWG loot. Real beneficiaries were others,
whom we might never know. I also feel equally sorry for Kalmadi since
unfortunately he was made the scapegoat. Remember – the buck always stops at
the bottom. I can’t just accept the fact that the money siphoned by Raja or
Kalmadi were pocketed by them only. I am sure a large chunk of the loot must
have piped into Congress or for that matter even DMK chuffers. All in all, the
loot was massive in 2G, CWG or Coalgate or whatever else but every time the
real culprits are never taken to task. It always invariably are the pawns who
get rounded up, which again is nothing extraordinary but hogwash in the name of
investigation. Real hawks are never apprehended. Tell me if this is not a proof
of the lack of accountability in our country.
By the way, what you will say about a certain Vijay Mallya? You
make a mess of your business and the sufferers are the employees and
investors; which also includes few public sector banks but you are never held
responsible. Where is the accountability when the employees are not been paid
for last seven months and the KFA management has the audacity to come up with a
bizarre formula of paying only four months’ salary while asking the employees
to forget the rest three. How dare they could think of such inexplicable idea? Could
this happen in any country other than India? If no then why alone in India?
Because we don’t find Mr. Mallya accountable for the mess he and his top layer
subordinates created. This is how pathetic we are when we allow people like Mr.
Mallya to go scot-free. Had it been any other country, I bet, Mallya along with
few of his close confidants would have been behind bars a long, long time ago.
And
yes; you know why few jokers keep on popping the names of absolute garbage like
Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi for no lesser post than that of the
prime-minister? Because we don’t even have any accountability for the
prime-minister post as well. Had there been any accountability, we wouldn’t
have even thought about these morons for the post; let alone proposing their
names.
Accountability comes with a price and that too a huge one. Not expected from our morally poor brigade to buy it. Simple!!
ReplyDeleteWho says there is no acountability in Inda. Look at Ramalinga Raju of Sathyam, he openly accepted that he has fudged the company's account and paying the price.
ReplyDeleteChina prospered without India's dummy democracy/caste system.
ReplyDeleteIndians are brainwashed to believe that "voting in elections = democracy".
When CBI and police themselves are compromised who will implement the law ? Freeing police , CBI and investigative arms from the politicians grip is main need of today.
ReplyDeleteAs Robert Vadra commented, we are indeed helpless & desperate Aam Admi or Mango People in a banana republic!
ReplyDeletePeople
are fed up and disgusted with the Congtress led UPA government. But as
the Bellary Reddys, Yeddy and now Gadkari have shown, that there are
equally corrupt and greedy leaders in the BJP too. Gadkari definitely
seems to have got money from dubious sources as the investigations show.
And his relationship wit contractors like Sancheti is well known. The
shenanigans of Mulayam Singh, Laloo Yadav, Mayawati, Karunanidhi or
Jayalalitha are too well known!
Who benefited from Mining?
Congress in Goa, Andhta Pradesh and Karnataka and the BJP in Karnataka.
Rajashekhar Reddy was Congress CM in Andhra Pradesh and his son Jagan was in partnership with the BJP's Bellary Reddys!
Who offered bribes to Yedurappa? Jindal group owned by Congress MP Navin Jindal.
Who benefited from Maharashtra irrigation scam? Gadkari of BJP and the Congress ally NCP!
Thousand
of such examples can be given.As Arvind Kejriwal rightly pointed out,
many of these politicians cutting across parties collude with each other
to loot public money and enrich themselves.
There is now no mainstream
political party free from corruption & dubious funding. The
Communists or the Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev or the IAC group of Kejriwal
cannot offer credible political alternatives!
Where does this
leave us-the common people of India, who want to throw out the corrupt
UPA & Congress for their misrule & scams???????
Why would they be held accountable for their nefarious deeds ?! Because we live in a pseudo-democratic nation...politicians think they have the legitimate right to loot the nation..looting is an untold legacy of congress party.
ReplyDeleteDid you said untold?
ReplyDeleteYa,untold..ppl here are frightful about congress-the congregation of cons..thats why no one wants to tell or be told about corruption which is synonymous with congress.
DeleteI think he meant "unwritten".. It may be "written" also but not for the eyes of mango people like us..
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