What is the difference between Chinese and Indian politicians? Well, it is not just that the Chinese politicians all belong to a single party. The Chinese politicians are much more mature and far more wise than the Indian lot. The Indian politicians are quite tupid when compared to their Chinese counterparts. I shall explain why I say this.
Indian politicians are corrupt. This is a well known fact. They fleece everything to line their pockets. Any development project is sure to be helping one politician or the other to siphon off more money for their bank accounts. They do not care about the future. They just want to make money fast and take full advantage of anything that comes their way. This uncouth hankering after more lucre by the Indian political class has led to the image of our country suffering in the world market. Matters have been made worse by the fact that the politicians quibble among themselves as to who would get the lion’s share of the loot. They are so busy trying to decide this that the various deals with other countries suffer. With India stumbling, China takes advantage.
The Chinese politicians are as corrupt, if not more so, as their Indian counterpart. They siphon off money from all the deals and projects and line their pockets. If the politicians of both the countries so similar, why is the development of the two countries so dissimilar. This, I accord to the wisdom and maturity of the Chinese politicians. They have a foresight that the Indian political class lacks. The Chinese have taken lesons from the story of the duck that laid golden eggs. They have realised that unless more and more investments are made in and outside China, and unless they are able to make the economy prosper, their ability to line their pockets would be limited and would diminish over time. They are willing to let go a few dimes today so that they can encash on a better deal in the future. This leads to China having a growing economy that attracts millions of dollars in investment, which in turn increases the ability of the Chinese politicians to siphon off more money without affecting the growth.
For a minimal cut in their present income, the Chinese politicians are able to assure an increasing income in the future but our stupid politicians are too busy in the present to worry about the future. They may have the largest stash of money in Swiss bank accounts but the source of that money is soon going to dry up.
My advice to them is – take the money but do some work. It is okay if you take a ridiculously humungous bribe to give the tender for military equipment to a specific company, but see to it that the products that are supplied are worth it. Take money from the allocated amount to build a bridge but increase the cost of the project so that the quality of the bridge does not suffer. Here, some will say that unless the quality of the bridge is bad, how are the politicians going to make money through repairs? I say, make the quality of the bridge good and start off a new project. The people will be happy and the politicians would not have to spend heavily on goons and publicity to win elections. People would happily elect them.
I am just a layman with no exposure to mainstream politics and I can see the advantage of development. Can the Indian politicians, who come from political dynasties with years of experience in politics and corruption, not see this economic means to get more money? I am surprised at their stupidity, or do they have something else on their minds?
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