Manmohan Singh is as Gulity as A Raja

Dr. Martin Luther King said: One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. The implication is that a person in position of power and ability to control wrongdoings around him, ignores corruption is as corrupt as the one perpetuating it. If I ignore my son’s crimes out of my love for him, it makes me equally guilty. If A Raja steals 1.6 lakh crores on Manmohan Singh’s watch and gets away with it (you steal that much and all you have to do is resign, that would classify as getting away with it), then Manmohan Singh is as big a criminal as A Raja. He is not Mr. Clean. It is obvious that Raja is getting away because MMS wants to save his gaddi and keep it warm for the Rajkumar Rahul. The straight shooting Vivek Gumaste in his op-ed correctly points out that attempts to divert the blame by pointing fingers at friends of Nitin Gadkari will not work. MMS has to stand up if he has any real claims to being the top man in India.
In a related article, Tiger Joginder Singh points out the sickening culture of corruption in India and how it has become institutionalized. He has given several instances of Government babus shamelessly involved in graft. It is as if under the table money is the right of all politicians and IAS and other babus.

The buck stops with you, Mr Prime Minister
Cosmetic touches like the dismissal of inconsequential players or efforts to disseminate the blame will not pass muster. Assertive action that goes to the depth of these despicable deeds followed by appropriate remedial measures to prevent an encore is the need of the hour. For that the prime minister must take the lead. He has no option: The buck stops with you, Mr Prime Minister.
The Gumaste article can be read at: http://www.rediff.com/news/column/the-buck-stops-with-you-mr-prime-minister/20101116.htm

Forsaken in his own land
Joginder Singh
Take for instance a reported scam in which the CBI has found evidence that Rs 100 crore was allegedly paid as kickbacks by a Russian firm, Technopromexport, to secure a Rs 2,066 crore contract. The 2005 contract was for the supply of power equipment to NTPC’s 1,980 MW supercritical thermal power project at Barh in Bihar.

In May this year, the Americans brought to the notice of the Prime Minister’s Office the details of US-based firms that have paid bribes to officials in the Indian Navy, Railways, Maharashtra State Electricity Board and other Government agencies in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Corruption Enforcement Act for the second half of 2008 and early part of 2009. There are several references in the report to illegal payments having been made to officials in India.

The article can be read at: http://www.dailypioneer.com/296434/Forsaken-in-his-own-land.html