A Silverlining..??

We live in strange times. At the forefront of things there are states like Delhi,Maharastra,Karnataka reeling under heavyweight political scams. These states are supposedly socially progressive.At the far end we have Bihar,which is assumed to be on the lower rung of the social progress ladder.The state gave a big thumbs up to its incumbent Chief Minister in a landslide mandate. Bihar of recent times has not recorded any massive scams.Only some cases of petty corruption. So,are we to interpret the social progressiveness by the scale of corruption in a state?

The 2010 Bihar election is a numerical anomaly. BJP has won 91 out of contested 102 seats. That’s whooping 90% success rate. JD (U) is no less.112/141.That stands at 80%.And ruling parties strength in the assembly is 206/243.Thats 85%.Sounds more like a 12th class CBSE/ICSE toppers score. Ain't it?? :).Wonder when it happened last time in Indian elections. Not even the first general elections that were held in the country could produce this kind of result. For INC was the only real national political party then.

Kudos to Nitish Kumar. It is a wonderful achievement. In the era of endless scams its really heartening to see the agenda of good governance and development taking the drivers seat. In an otherwise gloomy days of endless greed ,its really heartwarming.But most of the second term governments in recent memory have faltered miserably.Budhadev in WB was blighted byNandiGram. Sheila Dekshit in Delhi is haunted by CWG. UPAs second term has an endless list of scams. Only Narendra Modi seems to have escaped the scathe .Lets keep our fingers crossed and hope Nitish will not land in same quagmire.

Its time that Indian political class understand the significance of this Bihar result. We do not need 50 rupee saris or worthless 500 rupee television sets. We do not want a leader who cries in every public appearance or runs to a temple at the slightest hint of trouble. We don't want to know which political leader is screwing which actress. We want an honest,capable administrator who gives us good governance.Its important that Nitish succeeds this time to prove the point. Lets pray for his success.