Poltical Veterans Who Now Stand As Prime Accused

BANGALORE: The ongoing decade of the 21^st century witnessed number of scams, exposing unexpected political veterans who were elected to make a difference. Thenceforth the decade came to be called as ‘Decade of Scams’. Scams which knocked out Bofors or Hawala with respect to the numbers involved. One of the latest inappropriate assets case revealed a Minister amassing as much as 1, 00, 000 crores.

In the recent past many historic verdicts were given out preceding the one of Jayalalitha. To our surprise, most of the convicts happen to be prominent politicians. After the nail biting verdict of Jayalalitha’s wealth assets case, Judiciary has proved that it has a strong hold in the system and that law applies to all irrespective of their stature. It is important to notice that the Government is reflecting upon these issues in spite of the immense political pressures, gesturing a change in attitude towards the political babus.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has definitely hit the lights in Madison Square, New York, depicting to the cheerful crowd as a Leader who attempts to see a country free of corruption, as he promised.

However in the International forum Indian Supreme Court is lauded for taking a major step in its endeavor for a cleaner country. Also the recent amendments to the Representation of People’s Act are seen as a breakthrough to pick on the notoriously criminalized political system. According to the new amendment the convicts stand disqualified from the day of conviction.

Let us review the politicians who have been recently convicted for unlawful practices, their profiles come as a startling embarrassment to the country:

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