ACCOUNTABILITY- A PREROGATIVE OF THE ELECTED..

Hindustan times 19/03/2014

They are unelected and that’s why unaccountable is what Salman Khurshid said about the two most important constitutional pillars of our democracy, the Election commission and the Supreme Court on a foreign land. A comment like this which is aimed at undermining the democracy and constitutionally-set institutions isn’t only contemptuous but an act of treason as well. If accountability is the prerogative of the elected people then how accountable they've been over the years is a recorded history. An act of desperation, which shows that Congress has started looking for a peg to hang their ill governance and imminent loss in the upcoming election. Contempt of this level should be dealt seriously and as quickly as possible. He says that the apex court threatens politicians with contempt cases but with the kind of lineament these politicians have do we need to look askance at the EC’s or Supreme Court's conduct? Earlier it was CAG and now EC and SC which according to Congress is subverting the democracy perhaps because they can’t dance to their tunes. We have enough reasons to believe that Supreme Court is infallible, the faith in the judiciary still stands tall unlike that on the Parliament where parties cherry pick the candidates according to their criminal credentials leaving little or no room for people to elect a clean candidate. If this biggest democracy is alive and kicking then we thank these unelectable and unaccountable institutions because elected and accountable people like you are resolute in choking it to a certain death.