Bring it on Arvind

Arvind Kejriwal revelations are no more shocking but are met with a shrug “we knew this was happening" expression. His rather indiscriminate firing has left him with no political friends. The congress, BJP, SP, BSP and everyone else are scared to death about his next revelations and are targeting him virulently. Is his model sustainable one needs to wait and see, but he certainly has a point, as he himself says his "specific charges" on Robert Vadra, Nitin Gadkari, Reliance etc and others have not yet been answered fully.

So why not launch a full scale investigation on all his charges, some dismiss saying Vadra is not guilty until proven (how can anyone be proven guilty before an investigation), others say why only Gakari why not investigate others too (first question are you clean), Reliance says their business conduct is above board. The most frustrating thing was some odd Haryana bureaucrats giving a clean chit to Vadra, it is a basically a slap on the face of the criminal-justice system and the nation.

Political-business and bureaucrat nexus is entrenched in the system and they will resist any move to break this union. This runs like a well oiled machine to the benefit of the few. Jaipal Reddy knows better, he asked Reliance a few straight questions that were uncomfortable and his portfolio has "changed".

While the above allegations of impropriety are few and far between, in general this is how the business works in the post-reforms India. Big money changes hands for all land allotments, resource allocations, approvals etc.

While i have no right to say politicians should not be business men but we should definitely ask how come (emphasis in India) in India most politicians are business men of some kind. Most of them have their businesses in real estate, education, mining, hotels etc, why, because these markets are not highly regulated and there is no entry barrier with lots of black money that can be ploughed in. Case in point Jagan Mohan Reddy, A Raja and others who have used their proximity to power to approve and allocate resources at whims and fancies.

I would say do not stop Arvind, keep bringing them on, name and shame.