There was a time when Gandhiji would say “My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God and non-violence is a means of realising him.” Such were the principles of our political leaders at one time. Today what is more astonishing is that India has been ranked 94 on the Corruption Perception Index among 177 countries. While India is at the threshold of becoming superpower, the progress of the country is getting eaten up by the corrupt people of the country. Corruption is closely associated with bribery which means to give or to take profit for some illegal work. Corruption has progressively involved in every sphere of Indian society. Corruption is a cancer that is not restricted to any particular political party. It infects the whole society.
According to a report (in 2008), 120 of India’s 523 Parliament members were accused of crimes. Politicians and criminals are the main cause of corruption in every country. Lack of ethical qualities and morality among administrators and politicians, illiteracy among people, poor economic infrastructure all these have tightened grip over corruption. Artificial scarcity created by people, vast size of population, complex laws and procedures to eliminate corruption discourage the people for taking steps against corruption.
The US military budget is bloated but perhaps half of it is spent on outsourced services, not on the military. The developed nations can still sustain this misfortune as they have strong economy, developed science and technology. But India is only crumbling and deteriorating under the burden of corruption. While speaking on corruption and other related problems Arvind Kejriwal once quoted “Political Revolution in India has begun Bharat jaldi badlega.” True, India has, and is taking steps to tackle this problem as they feel cheated for their valued contribution of funds and taxes. Under the leadership of Anna Hazare, who began ‘fast-unto-death’, the mass movement of people saw an expression of their collective anger against corruption.
India has every ability, talent and resource to be a developed nation, just some corrections here and there are needed. In one of movie ‘Nayak’ also this idea was emphasised wherein one person at the top political position was corrupt, he made his whole party full of corrupt people. Whereas another person with right intention, not only eradicated corruption, but changed the whole face and fate of his state.