It’s an unfounded misconception that to serve the community you need to be a MP, MLA, Corporator or a Panchayat member. It is now widely viewed as a personal Investment by politicians and as a necessary evil by those who have to exercise their democratic right.
I feel very humbled that over the last four decades without holding any post and position, I have in my own little way been able to help thousands from Polem to Patradevi. It has been all possible with the assistance and cooperation from the heads of all departments to the officials at all ranks, not forgetting even the peons who have all been very helpful.
Politics has become the scoundrel’s last resort to swiftly rise from Rags to Riches. It is now a personal gamble rather than a calling or mission to serve the common good. And of course there are some exceptions and we should be proud of them.
There is no hope whatsoever that our polity and political turf will ever improve. It is only further deteriorating and awfully decaying by the day. The unacceptable antics and behaviour of some of our politicians in recent times have turned it into a despised profession and looked upon with disdain and held in low esteem by the very people that they are meant to serve
A few years ago Supreme Court Judges B.N.Agarwal and G.S.Singhvi had said that even God cannot save our country from such politicians. Amen
