Our Incredibly Arrogant And Feudal Politicians

There is nothing new in what either minister did. Just that the brazenness with they flout every basic tenet of behaviour expected of an elected representative baffles me. And this is despite a hungry media, a more open society et al. And as always, we have an amazing knack of being straddled with wannabe fedual lords for politicians.

Govindraj at Dateline Bombay comments on the still-persistent behavior of using violence to impose your views and exert political influence. He is referring to two separate incidents in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh that smacks of high handedness of our politicians.