In a country like India where democracy is to its maximum, we blame politicians for all the underdevelopment and delays in implementation of government aided projects. But are politicians alone are responsible for this? I don't think so.
More than the politicians, bureaucrats are responsible for all this. They are eating up the tax payer’s money and doing nothing for the people and the country. The ministers cannot look into every single issue and instruct the officials to do the needful. The officials are responsible to do the work at the ground level. The ministers will get the required approvals and provide the funds. But in reality, most of these funds will go diverted or unused.
The current political setup itself is not favourable for the overall development of the country. Our ministers should minimize their time spend for public meetings and do some productive work utilizing this time. Even to inaugurate a public tap, ministers are coming. This pathetic situation should change. For this to happen, the outlook of politicians and general public should change. More and more young faces have to come up. The role of aged veteran politicians should be limited to advisory in nature.
Considering all these facts, we can put the blame on both politicians and bureaucrats. But can we wash our hands off by blaming them? No, not at all. We, the general public are also responsible for this. We should react against this. But all of us have fear in our life. So we are not reacting. We Indians claim that we have the right to raise our voice against injustice. But in reality, do we have that right? Yes, I would say but at the risk of our precious life.
But still the question remains: who is the real anti-hero? I would say it is the democratic set up existing in our country. We enjoy too much of democracy in India. That is the problem. We’ll realize the importance of something only when we are deprived of it. So for Indians to realize the value of democracy, we should be deprived of it. That is not going to happen in the near future. So the only way out of this is to change our outlook.
