Each one of us have been taught by our parents and our teachers that ;
“Chori ek paisey ki ho ya 100 ki weh chori hi hai” so never justify your chori also never Justify the acts of Chors and also never support the Chors(thieves).
Armed forces go a step ahead. They demand that the Officers should have Moral courage to call a spade as spade and be fearless in expressing what they feel is right even if it is contrary to the superiors’ VIEWS.
However, over a span of 20-30 years many of us forget these LEARNINGS and start justifying the corrupt and dishonest;
“Main kyun apna career kharab karun inke chakkar mein”(Why should I ruin my career by reporting against the powerful),
“Mai nahin lunga to doosra lega”(If I do not take bribe others will take),
“Mainey theka nahin le rakha desh aur samaj ko chalaaney ka”,
“Mere nahin leney sey kya desh sudhar jaayega”,
“Sub log to sarkaari sampati misuse kar rahey hain , kaun nahin kar raha hai” (Everyone is misusing the Govt property),
“Yeh sab Paschim deshon ki saajish hai , humein aagey nahin badhney dena chahatey” ( This is a conspiracy by Western Nations) etc etc.
As a result, the Nation despite all the noises made to curb corruption is still lingering at the Top of Most corrupt Nations Rankings.
Its very important, therefore, for all of us who have no stake in any political party to understand the following;
One, A theft can only be proven when someone complaints of the loss, someone carries out the probe and a judge gives the verdict. The rest can either level allegations or defend the Chors depending on what is their relation with the Chor(thief) or what is their vested interest in defending the Chor.
Second. So, if the Judge and those who enquire are the ones who can prove that theft has taken place, then we need to allow a Probe, otherwise, there is no way we can in a civilised society prove that the Theft/ Corruption has taken place.
Three. Big thieves are Big Fish of the society. They are influential, powerful people and they operate hand in glove with many of their ilk; Corrupt Govt officials, Corrupt Bureaucrats, Corrupt Politicians, Corrupt Police men and even criminals. All of them scratch each other’s back.
Four. In view of the above, Bigger the thief or Bigger the Fish, greater are the chances of manipulating the system as he is resourceful and covers his back side well. The Big Chors do not even spare the Nation, and often it is the scoundrels who use Nationalism as a last resort. People of my age have heard similar excuses or justifications during Bofors scam, Coffin scam, Harshad Mehta’s scam and so on. Hence to nab a Big Chor one needs professionals to carry out an enquiry and also an effective Judiciary to finally give the judgement.
Five. As the Big Fish is powerful, small fish are scared to report . As a result, initially one will hear only allegations against such big Fish. For instance take your minds back to; Bofors scam, Telgi scam, Harshad Mehta scam, Mallaya, Lalit Modi, Nira Radia, 3G, 4 G scams, allocation of coal mines, helicopter deals, Robert Vadhra deal, National Herald scam, Rafael scam etc , all we heard initially were the allegations. The same is applicable to Adanis.
Six. These allegations thereafter have to be enquired by experts in right earnest and then only the Big Fish can be accused of Stealing. It’s a long and tedious process and there are still some allegations which have not been proven despite long probes and one of them is Robert Vadhra’s land deal.
Seven. There is fair chance that the allegations can be levelled by disgruntled elements for their own vested interests or to settle old scores or for political reasons. For instance, whenever a weapon deal takes place with a firm the other companies who have not got the order level allegations of bribes against those who have approved the deal.
Eight. What moral right do we as a society have to nab and punish only small fish and let big fish go just because small fish does not have the resources to manipulate the system ? Even the SC has told the Banks to go after the Big fish to recover the loans instead of harassing the small fish.
Nine. We must remember an old adage often spoken by senior sports men ; Game is Bigger than the individual. The same is applicable to the Nation as well. It is the Values that need to be upheld and not the individuals. If we as a society uphold the Values, we will keep getting good people and if we do not uphold the Values, we will only get rubbish and vile will float on top and it will be replaced by more vile.
In view of the above, we the common man for our own benefit must accept that ;
A wrong is a wrong whether it is of one paisa or 100 paisa. And Allegations against Big Fish need to be enquired as we owe something to the small fish. We can not kick the small fish because the Big Fish’s contribution to GDP is more. And if we do so then we will create a proverbial “Matsya Rajya” as narrated by Chanakya in his Book ; ARTHSHASTRA, where the Big fish eats the small fish.
Now a bit of politics, when allegations were raised against Robert Vadhra we questioned as to how in such a short span of time his land became worth hundreds of crores(Mr Jaitley). The same allegation was levelled by Mr Rajat Sharma today in AAP KI ADALAT against Adani ;
Gautambhai, everyone asks God for wealth, but it seems like God only listens to you. I’ve been researching on your wealth for days now and it seems to be increasing every day. Seems like by the end of this show, you would have added another couple of thousand crores to your kitty. So, what is the formula for earning money?
In December 2021 your wealth was 9,62,322 crores. In December 2022, in one year, it is 18,64,579 crores. 9 lakh crores in one year, These figures are dumbfounding! Every day you earn 1,600 crores, you earn 67 crores every hour?
And Gautam Adani’s answer was;
See, Rajatbhai, I don’t get trapped in this web of numbers. The major thing for me is what change can I bring about in the nation. If you go to see why the numbers have increased, I see that the country is on the path to progress. And I say it with full confidence that India’s position today, and in the coming 20-30 years, is going to be unstoppable.
Is it a typical case of; Nationalism being the last resort of a scoundrel.
Do the small fish of this Nation have no right to demand a fair probe against the Big Fish, allegedly corrupt or only the Politicians have the right to decide against whom the probe can be done?