Tuesday, February 8, 2011

The Congressi Tradition of Rewards

Many of us were not happy when Congress had won the last state election in Maharashtra even after all had happened before, during and after 26/11. Terror attack was not a single issue, the issues ranged from farmers’ suicides to all round corruption. In the citizens cry after 26/11 attacks, the party only replaced the CM to show to the hapless public that it had acted against the ineffective CM. But Vilasrao was made a union minister, as if being rewarded for the inaction and corruption. Today, a Supreme Court judge had the guts to tell the truth to the whole world. I hope Congress supporters are reading this:
 
Vilasrao’s cabinet post a shameless act: SC judge
 
TNN, Feb 7, 2011, 03.29am IST
 
Supreme Court Justice A K Ganguly has expressed dismay that the Centre allowed Union cabinet minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to continue “in full glory” despite being slammed by the SC barely two months ago for grossly abusing his power as Maharashtra chief minister to shield from criminal action a moneylender family which was squeezing debt ridden farmers of Vidarbha dry.