Where is the redemption?

The UPA government has fully abdicated its responsibility. There is an absolute lack of leadership and accountability. The Prime Minister, widely believed to be honest personally, is heading the most corrupt Government India has seen (and India has really seen some corrupt governments in its 63 years history). He has no control over his various ministries and worse still do not have the moral or even legal authority to rule the country.

The minister, Raja, who presided over one of the worst cases of corruption - the 2G Auction-continues in the telecom ministry, even after syphoning off and ensuring the country loses Rs 1000 crores.

The CWG has become a national shame. Any PM worth his salt would have sacked Suresh Kalmadi immediately and pulled up that idiot Lalit Bhanot (of the Indian hygeine standards infame), sent the army to take over the CWG sites to bring a sense of efficiency. Instead, Kalmadi continues, Sheila Dixit continues and so do their cronies, though they have squandered nearly Rs 70,000 crores. India has become a laughing stock in the global arena. Nothing during the past two decades have shamed India as much as the CWG preparations (lack of).

Inflation is out of control. Food is not available in the streets, but the granaries are overflowing. Grains are rotting. But, hey, MMS wont release the grains despite a SC verdict. We are poised to have record food grain production this year, but the poor are starving and Government wont lift a finger.

The Government has totally mismanaged the Maoist insurgency and has no control over nearly 1/3rd of the country. Kashmir is burning and Government is totally apathetic.

Never has Indians felt so helpless as they are today. Nothing seems to make the Government work - not ethics, not Supreme Court, not street protests, not bandhs, not parliament- nothing.

Where is the redemption?