Aires, awaiting your comment on the sad state of affairs among lawyers, campaigners (and journalists too!). FN
On 28 June 2010 10:05, Aires Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote: > Today politics is all about convenience and opportunism. Principles, > policies and ideology have long been thrown out of the window . It’s only > money and muscle power that determines the outcome of elections. The less > educated you are the better are your chances of being elected. And this sad > tale is here to stay and just get worse. 30 years ago you had to coax and > convince people to contest elections. Today you have to bribe candidates > and if not, threaten them to ensure their withdrawal. > In the current scenario unless you have a criminal charge sheet or two to > your credit you should not contest elections and if you don’t you should not > expect to win. The talk of one party ticket in the family is another farce. > Very soon unless you seek two or more tickets for the household you may not > qualify to contest. If Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi could contest at the > same election why have a different yardstick for the rest? Today’s > political game is no longer a mission to serve the Aam Aadmi but a booming > industry that pays rich dividends to the one who bids the highest for every > vote.
