Freebies

The Election commissioner must include one more point in the Model code of conduct for Elections. Which must be obvious by now, seeing the title.. No Freebies.. Nobody wants the tax money to be squandered on freebies like loan waivers, tractor loans, free Televisions, mobile phones(recent BJP's promise). Nobody as in, the Mr. Nobody who hardly matters in the Election process.

Instead of wasting money on populous but useless schemes like free Television, free mobiles and loan waivers, money could be spent on Infrastructure. Vast majority of the 1 billion population is in poverty. If the various statistics are to be taken in to account, atleast 25 million people in India alone are in dire poverty and countless millions are just on the brink of poverty. Developing the infrastructure alone would generate enough jobs to pull several millions out of poverty. The improved infrastructure is going to pay off with more jobs by attracting more investment inside the country.

The crux of the issue is about teaching a man to fish, rather than giving him fish. If I can think of something like this, I wonder why the enlightened leaders of our nation are not able to do so. And i thought I was a bit thick in the skull.

God save my country.