DON’T MISS: DELETED PORTIONS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH

Deleted portions of a leader's Independence Day speech.

     “Whenever we raise taxes, you angrily ask, is this ‘acche din’? Your anger on netas is understandable.  But you need to know something about government spending. I will share some interesting facts.

     We chose the best brains through civil services to manage our vast country and to ensure that our welfare schemes reach the remotest part of our country. Indeed, many babus, as they are known, are self-lessly doing it. The nation salutes them. But then, a few wise babus thought, when crores of public money is passing through our hands, why not put some into our own pocket (you call it ‘behti ganga mein hath dhona’). So a good portion of public money, meant for the welfare, is devoured by corrupt babus.  

     The story doesn’t end here. If you believe in statistics, government run factories are over loaded with work. In fact, babus take us for a ride by showing bogus performance reports. Factually, factories perform much below their capacity. It impacts many sectors and people. For instance, soldiers who are dependent on one of these factories for supply of uniforms are dissatisfied. But soldiers, without making fuss, quietly get their uniform stitched with their own money.  How sad? A soldier fighting his own battle! A simple decision to transfer his uniform charges into his bank account would have fixed the problem.  But, perhaps, babus “run” these non-performing factories for the sake of their livelihood.   

     Amidst all, it feels good when babus show savings in building a project. But wait, idhar bhi dal mein kuch kala hai. When I was doing graduation… (Don’t ask which degree) I met a babu who undertook big projects. I asked, is it possible to save in a corrupt system. He spilled the beans “Show estimated cost of a project as Rs.120 crores. Negotiate and bring it down to 100 crores. Finish it in 80. So we show a saving of 40 crores.  But what we do not tell people is, we could have done this in 50 crores (without bribe)”.      

     Now you know, to a large extent, where your tax is going. You should also know how much money goes in chai pani. I am told, one babu spends about 20000 per month on chai-pani. Imagine lakhs of babus enjoying with public money, meant to feed the starving families.  
  

     Now we are helpless because the rot has spread from top to bottom. 

     You may tell a politician - perform or perish, time-limit is 5 years. But babus prosper without performing. Many lobby for post-retirement jobs in the public sector. Their ‘addiction to serve’ the country is understandable.

     Now what? Impose swach babu tax? Rather I appeal to these white elephants. Ask yourselves, “Why am I using this ill-gotten wealth for my family. It carries the curse of millions of hungry families”.  

Jai Hind. Jai Hind.  Jai Hind"