Is India the most corrupt and dictatorial country on the planet?

It is reminiscent of the Hollywood movies, shot in the most deprived of African countries where you see a drug lord / gun dealer enjoying total authoritarian regime and controlling the masses unchallenged – alike Gabbar Singh’s regime over Ramgarh in Sholay.

Today the Union Law Minister in India, Salman Khurshid gets away with threatening remarks as such -

"I don't give a visa to go there but it's a long road to Farrukhabad. It is 300 kilometers away (from Delhi). He can get there...but how will he return?" asked Mr. Khurshid at his Delhi home on Tuesday night surrounded by his supporters. "I am trained as a lawyer...to work with ink and pens...but it is time to replace ink with blood," he added.

Mr. Khurshid was talking about Mr. Kejriwal’s proposed visit to the minister's constituency of Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh!

The Indian political leaders are not taking it kindly to the fact that the corruption scams are being exposed at a much greater frequency. Few years ago where corruptions scams took several years to surface – long after they had been committed, all the money stacked away in Swiss bank accounts and the ministers deep into retirement – today the scams are being exposed right at the helm. This should have been a good thing, but all that is happening is that these people have accepted that fact that scams will be exposed and continued to commit them – as there are no consequences, and the benefits outweigh the consequences – if any!

When Baba Ramdev tried to expose Digvijay Singh, the minister resorted to labeling Baba as fraud to discredit his credibility. So respond with mudslinging by confusing the people and tarnishing the accuser – good ploy! Now Khurshid has resorted to mafiaraj, by threatening the guy accusing him.

In which country do you see a law minister threatening an anti-corruption activist openly? If you can’t answer this India is probably at the bottom of the rot!