Trinamool leader cash-stash scam talks about bigger Indian disease - 'will to give Bribe'

It is a big game-changing moment for the BJP to launch broadside attack and aggressive campaign against Mamata Banerjee on the issue of corruption. Her blatant pro-Muslim tilt in a state which has sizeable Muslim population could also fail as corruption menace is something more dangerous and it is something that affects all.

New Delhi 

Just try out the meaning of the word 'stash' on google and the internet would throw up plenty of explanations and arguments.

One of them says - the verb version of stash was originally a late 1700's criminals' slang word meaning "conceal." It might have come from a combination of 'stow' and 'cache'.

The word 'stow' means to put something away in a particular place until it is needed.

These words and phrases are being discussed and debated these days especially in the context of ED findings in Kolkata.

The well-crafted image of a streetfighter leader's party is shattered today. Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee owes an unconditional apology to say the least.

But we also need to debate how people fell for 'government teachers' jobs' and were willing to cough out huge amounts of bribes.

Who makes payment for these bribes?

People who need these jobs - most of the time prefer the safety net of 'government employment' where once you are in --- there is no looking back and there is no accountability also.

Forget jobs, people make huge payment of bribes even for transfer preferably to home towns.

This syndrome is prevalent even among those in India  who crack UPSC civil service.

I know a family from Uttar Pradesh whose 25-year-old youngster got through the civil service examthis year. But the family is desperate about another wish - "UP mil jaye toh maja aa jae gaa".

Very sad that young people who get opportunities to explore the rest of the country and the worldare prevented from availing the chance.

In most cases, we have people afraid of moving out of their 'comfort zone' and to face chances of failures or afraid of trying. 

Needless to add here, that trying something new and tough is an essential feature of one’s life and a basic rule to survival Mantra.

You cannot learn nor can you achieve anything significant without hard work or without failing.

‘Playing things safe’ is the in-thing in our lives. In January 2021, I witnessed engineers, medicos and M.Pharma qualified candidates appearing for lower-court clerical jobs in Tripura.

Why?

Greed of a government job and greed of an easy life where one does not have to work hard !

 

The 'working class friendly' Marxists have ruled the state for a long time till 2018, but hardly a good 'alternative' job-generating industry was created. This is also a state where a teachers' job scam led to unemployment of 10,023 people.

The BJP government later invited some qualified youngsters to appear an exam, the young people declined.The reasons are not at all convincing. Till last year, the Left kept promising them the jobs if they protestand crate chaos in the state capital.An unwarranted drama was staged at Agartala on Jan 26, 2021. 

In another northeastern state Mizoram, the locals are known as hardworking and pragmatic. They make optimum use of entrepreneurship skills. In contrast, in Nagaland - locals have been preferring easy 'government-jobs'.

The point is Trinamool leader Partha Chatterjee could anchor a scandal of such a scale because people overwhelmingly preferred to give the bribe money.

The bribe givers are also offenders- according to law. But more than that I suppose the the issue is morality.

If the greed malady is not put in check and people do not develop the confidence and culture of seeking jobs and results out of hard work and sincerity - there will be another Partha Chatterjee in the next decade.

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