More than the corruption, a bigger concern is the compromising of the Constitutional Authorities under the UPA.
That Governors are hand-picked and works as stooges of the Congress Party is a known fact - even without H R Bhardwaj making an ass of himself in Karnataka. Besides this, the Election Commission was severely compromised when Navin Chawla became the CEC. That the Government will be so brazen by appointing an IAS officer whose integrity is in doubt as Chief Vigilance Commissioner was not anticipated. Or, perhaps we should have.
The pathetic performance of the Attorney General of India in the Supreme Court virtually blackmailing the Supreme Court when they were quite right in questioning the wisdom of appointing a dubious CVC should be the pits for this Government. The AG had the temerity to insinuate that the Judiciary comprises of people with question marks over their integrity was totally uncalled for, especially when he was defending the indefensible.
The Media, which used to play the role of the vigilante, has been bought over with advertisements and other honours. The only saving grace is the Judiciary, which is not in the best of shapes. But, at least, we do not have 'committed' judiciary as envisaged by Indira Gandhi during the Emergency. Let us be thankful for that.
