Thread: India's partisan governors

Originally Posted by indianguy4u

Karthink,
Since kangress came to power in maharashtra in '98, they havent spent a peny on infrastructure, education, power gen. All the development work has been put on hold b'coz buget is in deficit. But this hasnt stopped in mlas & mlcs getting skoda octavia for personal transport, governer getting merc, ministers getting accords etc etc etc.

You know i dont think Mumbai is that bad but then again my family has a house in the Malabar HIlls area, roads are good there, i think that overall Mumbai has some hope left in it. Its the greatest city in India, i love it to death.

The problem there is this stupid 1947 rental act that has fostered this mentality of the landloards waiting for their buildings to collapse so that they can sell their land. I cant believe the prices in Mumbai, its too expensive, went with my friend who was looking for a house a few weeks ago, well apartment actually, it was a decent place, nothing special in South Mumbai, price was 1.1 crores, WOW, that is unaffordable!!!!! This neta builders nexus must stop and prices need to come down, people need to play a more proactive role. In Mumbai even slums can cost you 4 lakhs...

But temple funds going into the pockets of MLA's is absolutely shocking. Don't they spare even charities?

This is such a routine affair in politics, cutting across party lines. How could people not demand anything when corruption was being institutionalised in the 45 odd years that a single party won absolute majority in parliament?

One just hopes that your sense of optimism and enthusiasm will bear fruit.