The people are not prepared to tolerate corruption

Now-a-days the people the world over are not prepared to stand corruption and corrupt leaders, a la the developments in the Arab, Gulf and African nations.

In India also, there are strong movements against corruption. The alliance of the Congress, out of political expediency of propping up the Manmohan Singh government at the Centre, with the scam-ridden DMK of Karunanidhi, had caused intolerance in the minds of the people. Every day there was report about one corruption or the other, 2G, Commonwealth Games, Adarsh Housing and the like.

V.S.Achuthanandan in his inimitable style was able to make a hype out of all these issues. Veteran he is, for without actually delivering on the anti-corruption front, maybe because of opposition from within, he could corner the Congress-led UDF. No cogent action has come in the matter of lottery scam, no action was taken against the perpetrators of Endosulfan spraying, even as there was a ban order in the state since 2005.

He could highlight corruption issues and take these to the courtyard of the rivals.
The results show that people would have revulsion for the patently corrupt. Whoever rules from now on, has to be careful.