Not that I love my ministerial birth..........

Natwar Singh looks like an epitome of a modern day politician in India, a classic example of what a Congress politician could be..... Corrupt, greedy, shamelessly unyielding, blackmailing, nepotic and what not?

Wake up brethren, gone are those days of Lal Bahudur Shastri, who abdicated his ministerial berth as a railway minister when a train met with in accident. Even after repeated requests by Nehru to withdraw his resignation he still stuck to his guns.

These are the days of Laloo and Natwar....... leave alone resigning the post; this moron by name Laloo doesn't even come to visit the accident site where almost hundred people died in Andhra Pradesh when a train was simply washed away because of bad track that was spoiled by the rains. He had more important things to do, fighting elections in Bihar, he simply "prioritized" his actionables and you cannot blame him that visiting the accident site figured last.

Now comes Natwar, the only thing left in his (by the way, it wouldn't be a bad idea for Fevicol to choose him as their brand ambassador) case is asking him to "Get out", looks like nothing lesser than that would work. Check the news item in NDTV website by clicking on the title of the blog. He is so shameless that even after being told to resign, he simply stays back and doesn't mind remaining as a Minister without a portfolio. The worst part is the reason that he gives for staying back, which reminds me of Brutus' logic in killing Julius Caesar, "Not that I loved Caesar any less, but that I loved Rome more."

His contention is......
"It is not because of any love of Office that I am not resigning. To resign now would look, to many people as an admission of guilt. The Opposition will use my resignation to further tarnish the reputation of the Congress Party. I will not let this happen."

Another interesting aspect is the blackmail one. He states that if he resigns, it will not stop with him. If you read between the lines, he actually means that if he is forced to resign he would disclose the names of other people involved in this scandal. Apparently, Aniel Matharani's sudden love for truth and his freedom of speech is to weaken Natwar so that even if he discloses the names of other people involved, the words wouldn't sound credible.

Who said "Politics is the last resort of a scoundrel". Isn't that true?