Roads to Destiny

In these  political times there are a quite few  brands on offer to a nation that is looking for an elixir which would magically combine progress with  social , political and economic equity. The Congress with its PM   at his  twilight , is attributing ongoing economic slowdown to autonomous institutions as the CAG ,CVC et al. even as it led  an entire nation for a decade with more inclusiveness than  growth . The BJP, has its election campaign spearheaded by the CM of Gujarat,who scrupulously eschewed a Lokayukta  to run his state for a decade  and more, to earn pre-eminence in his party  posters .The nascent AAP led by its CM of three weeks standing , in burning mid night oil essentially to recruit and place a Lokpal for his city state,  has had little  time to ponder over his largesse on utility subsidies ,that tend to  throw  basics of macro economics overboard .In a gist, without " interfering " constitutional oversight institutions  one  can run a state, better still with   " caged " versions  run a nation or in  subliminal reverence to the Hoi polloi,  pursue idée fixe like a picture perfect Jan Lokpal  and in the process struggle to run even an  oversize municipality, like Delhi. National elections  2014,  has brought us to a fascinating  tri-junction. We now choose the course of our destiny. Whether we are guided by the mind or by the heart, or by a prudent mix of both , is the question.

PUB  - BUSINESS STANDARD ;JAN 20. 

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