The state of the nation is aptly illustrated by the IPL mess. Union minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar doesnt seem to be concerned about agriculture; his son in law owns 10 percent stake in the company that has got TV rights for IPL, as per reports. This is clearly a conflict of interest. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of External Affairs, missed his booty in IPL by a whisker. The civil aviation minister Praful Patel's daughter is busy diverting Air India planes to IPL; after all Papa owns the airlines!
The BJP is not far behind Lalit Modi is allegedly known to be close to erstwhile CM of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, and Gujarat CM, alleged mass murderer Narendra Modi. And Lalit Modi, going by reports, has made sure every time a buck is spent by IPL, his coffers get filled. Be it for chartering a plane or through the three IPL franchises he owns by proxy. Marie Antonnete the haughty Queen during the French revolution when told that people didnt have bread to eat, said "let them eat cake". If we now say there is no water and food, we will be promptly told "watch IPL". The final joke is on the people who if as alleged the IPL matches are fixed, cant be bigger "ullus". To top it all, the UPA govt. is busy tapping the phones of its ministers, if reports are to be believed. This is nothing, just wait till the UID comes. With no privacy laws in this country, the last bit of freedom which we enjoy, is about to go away. Jai Hind. Samir
