A nation fooled - The Lokpal fiasco
The last week of December 2011 saw the nadir of India's democracy, where a bunch of so called peoples representatives outshouted & outsmarted each other in making sure that the Lokpal bill will not see the light of the day. The end result was a nation fooled, an institution made into utter mockery and worst still was the unpalatable sight of these shameless parliamentarians still strutting around with their cocky heads held high and slinging mud on each other for the fiasco. The nation was waiting with bated breath to see a semblance of an anti-corruption bill passed, which the government and the opposition were equally claiming to be eager to bring it to the light, but the unfolding events in the parliament revealed to the nation the hypocrisy and double standards of our netas, tearing away their mask and revealing their ugly faces of fear and apprehension on making a strong lokpal which will almost be like hitting their own stomach. The public is no more the naive and fool...