Sting stench…
We are half-way through with the first decade of the 21st century. And a spectre haunts our country. The spectre of corruption. A lot many scams have happened in the past uncovering the decadent face of polity in our country. So many are they in number that it fails to even affect the battered common man, voting or otherwise. The recent operation Duryodhan by the guys behind Cobrapost.com has brought to light yet another scandal. Earlier this quarter, there was the oil-for-food thingy…now there’s the money-for-query scam. The scoop will no doubt help boost the number of hits for the aforementioned website as well as the readership of the newspaper represented by the numerous columnists who participated in the operation. But has anyone wondered how very few Congress MPs, in fact only 1, have been spotted begging Mea Culpa? How clean has the incumbent party come and how maligned is the shamefaced BJP, who around 2 months back was merrily slinging mud at the ruling party? Am not asking people to smell any rats here, but it’s worth raising an eyebrow, ain’t it?
I’ll tell you why. Cobrapost is run by Anirudh Bahal who was responsible for Tehelka’s arms scandal expose. And he will never forgive the NDA govt. esp BJP after what they did to him and Tehelka.
Check out any Tehelka issue (the weekly newspaper) - its totally anti-BJP. They may not be very anti-Sangh, but definitely anti-BJP. Thats the best reason I could think of.
Comment by Salil — December 15, 2005 @ 3:43 pm