Adarsh Housing scam is disturbing at many levels. Not because of its scale, the money involved is indeed very small compared to biggies like CWG! What is disturbing is the collusion between politicians and defense personnel. Over last few years, credibility of armed forces has been on decline. Fake encounter killings in J&K (civilians were killed and shown as terrorists for bravery medals), land grabs by senior army officers and now 'Adarsh' scam, in which former high-ranked defense officers occupied flats which were meant for Kargil widows. Widows of soldiers like Saurabh Kalia, whose body was inhumanly mutilated by Pakistan Army.
This presents a frightening picture of this country's future. No public institution is now free from corruption. The celebrated 'common man' is left with absolutely no support. Congress government continues to turn blind eye to such scams and BJP is still busy in misguiding people by using religion. Other smaller parties are content with caste politics.
One can't help but be very cynical about future of 'Bharat' (or 'The Other Hindustan' as PM-in-waiting' calls it) and its poor disowned inhabitants.
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