It has been an extraordinary week for Indian politicians. Two MPs, including a Union Minister have been convicted for murder. This does not happen even in the most nascent of democracies. That it has happened in this country, with a history of 60 years of uninterrupted democracy, has mixed signals for all of us.
First the positive signal. That even Ministers and MPs, presumably with the backing of the powerful and the mighty, cannot escape the long arm of the law. It should be heartening for the families of the victims of these two influential men, that what they thought would not be possible, has happened.
No comments:
Post a Comment