George Pinto:**** If there was no Congress corruption, there would be no basis for Advani to do anti-corruption tours. One should not put bullets in your enemy's gun and then be surprized when the gun is fired.****
Response:**** Does George suggest that the BJP or for that matter any ruling party in India is non-corrupt? Has he heard of Yeddyurappa and the Reddy brothers of Bellary? Is he aware why the CM of Uttarakhand has been changed? Is he aware how Mayawati paid Income tax of about Rs 59 crores? The less said about the Akali dal’s, the DMK’s and ADMK’s and the Shiv Sena’s, SP or the RJD’s the better. And regarding Advani’s grand announcement of yet another (W)Rath Yatra to expose corruption while speaking on the cash for votes issue, please read in the latest Tehelka issue the story of what happened behind the scenes.**** ** ** Extract:**** Both from the CNN-IBN sting footage and the account of former CNN-IBN reporter Siddharth Gautam, the only neutral and credible voice in the sting operation, it is clear that at least in this case the BJP MPs were not first approached with a bribe by the UPA or even the SP, but the exact opposite: it was the BJP that was out looking frantically for someone to bribe them so that they could catch it on their hidden camera and embarrass the UPA the next day. (Siddharth Gautam has audio clips to back this claim.)**** http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ne170911Amar_Argal.asp**** ** ** Extracts:**** This is a story that stands to turn contemporary discourse on its head. It is a dark story of how three mainstream political parties—and sections of the media—have fooled the nation. It is a story of how the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) willfully set out to entrap its opponents in the cash-for-votes scandal. This is a story of how the Samajwadi Party voluntarily fell into the trap. This is a story of how the Congress covered it all up. It is also, unfortunately, a story of how sections of the media muddied the truth.**** Tehelka set out to nail the UPA government on these counts. But in the course of its investigation, it stumbled upon a shocking truth that has turned the whole story on its head. It is a truth that has not been told before. The government is still guilty of a venal cover-up. But the nature of the crime has shifted drastically. *It appears the accuser—the BJP—is itself guilty of immense wrongdoing*. In fact, the story of the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal is the story of a trap, a trip, and a cover-up. And none of the political parties involved come out looking good, or justified in assuming high moral ground.**** http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ne020411Coverstory.asp**** ** ** Moral of the story: He who has not sinned is free to cast the first stone*** * ** ** ** Regards, Marshall**