India’s New Governance Model: Bribes, Bonds & Bhagwan

 

India’s New Governance Model: Bribes, Bonds & Bhagwan

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In what must be one of the most well-timed “welfare” stunts in Indian political history, the BJP-led central government just sent ₹10,000 crores to 1 crore women in Bihar conveniently, right before elections. Not to all Indian women. Just to those in one politically critical State. Because, clearly, Bihar’s women needed cash more urgently than, say, Maharashtra’s or Assam’s at least until the votes are counted.

If this were a national women’s welfare policy, rolled out uniformly across India, it could be viewed as a governance initiative. But this is not a policy, it’s a pre-election parcel wrapped in saffron ribbon. In any functioning democracy, this would be called bribery. In Modi’s India, it’s called “empowerment.”

To his credit, one ex-IPS officer decided not to swallow this nonsense and sent a complaint to the Election Commission of India, urging it to postpone the Bihar election by 6 months and declare President’s Rule. A bold step, yes, but one must ask: Why stop at postponement? If this cash dump was an attempt to influence the election, why no demand for arrests? Why no demand for accountability from those who executed and approved this scheme?

Because we all know how these things work: massive funding appears out of nowhere, no clear explanation is given, and taxpayers are left guessing whether this is Centre money, State debt, or just another leak from Modi’s personal piggy bank, known as PM Cares, a fund so sacred, not even the Supreme Court dared to look inside.

Ah, yes, the Supreme Court. Still reeling from that minor inconvenience of a judge being caught with crores of rupees in cash after a fire an incident so suspicious, it should’ve made global headlines. Instead? Silence. No arrests. No audit. Just the sound of institutions crumbling under the weight of their own compromise.

And while this charade plays out, let's remember we live in a country where 25 to 35% of the population believes that priests can literally breathe life into stones, and where the BJP is worshipped as the official temple contractor of Hindutva. You could loot the treasury, but as long as you chant Jai Shri Ram, you’re still “deshbhakt.”

Meanwhile, the media, India’s respected fourth pillar, has been reduced to a saffron-soaked sound system, more interested in amplifying the Prime Minister’s speeches than investigating his scandals. Questions are out. Slogans are in.

But here’s where things get interesting.

It started with Vote Chor, a label Rahul Gandhi dropped like a spark in a dry forest. And guess what? It caught fire.

Now we have an entire dictionary of public outrage taking shape:

• Vote Chor – for the stolen mandates.
• Land Chor – for gifting thousands of acres to corporate friends for pennies.
• Jobs Chor – for unemployment numbers that mysteriously vanish with the data.
• Education Chor – for NEET scams, paper leaks, and zero accountability.
• Data Chor – for surveillance, privacy breaches, and silenced dissent.
• PM Cares Chor – for a fund that collects billions, but answers to no one.
• Media Chor – for converting journalism into sponsored propaganda.
• Adani Chor / Crony Chor – because even billionaires need charity these days.

This isn’t just clever wordplay; it’s political branding at its most effective. And it’s not just sticking, it’s cutting through.

We’re now seeing public anger out in the open. At BJP rallies in Bihar and elsewhere, crowds have openly chanted "Vote Chor", forcing organizers to shorten events, cancel appearances, and scramble for PR damage control. Some events have even seen chairs flying, not flowers.

This is no longer passive frustration; it’s visible rebellion.

And what does a panicked regime do when the dam starts to crack? Easy. Gift 1,000 acres of land to a crony in the same State, for less than 2 cents a year. A last-minute smash-and-grab before the voters change the locks.

But this time, the voters are watching. They’re talking. They’re naming the thief. And once you give corruption a name, Vote Chor, Land Chor, Jobs Chor, it becomes impossible to hide it.

Meanwhile, BJP leaders in Bihar are hesitant to even step out, fearing the scenes they’ve seen unfold in Nepal and Bangladesh, where political anger turned into street-level revolt. Because once the illusion breaks, the crowd doesn’t clap, it fights back.

So here we are: a ruling party trying to buy elections with public money, hushing scandals with silence, dodging investigations with institutions in its pocket, and still waving the tricolor as if it owns the meaning of patriotism.

But now the slogans have turned. The labels are sharp. The crowd isn’t buying the script anymore. And the one thing the BJP can’t bribe, threaten, or spin?

A nation that’s finally waking up.