The Anti-Corruption Bandwagon Veers Out Of Control - SUBCONTINENTAL - Current Intelligence:
"Not that anyone should mourn his parting. A clownish simpleton who believes yoga can cure AIDS and that gays can be cured with breathing techniques is hardly the ideal candidate for those seeking an alternative politics.
But he has highlighted how desperate India has become for a credible opposition. The problem runs deeper than the fact that there isn’t a single clean party in parliament. The problem is rooted in a political system that relies on patronage rather than policies – a political climate in which the government appears to have given up on the idea of meaningful reform in favour of simply entrenching itself with useless sops and empty promises.
When a buffoonish TV celebrity is the only person trusted to raise the issue of tax-avoidance, there is something seriously wrong with your checks and balances."
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