The world of the present Naga Society we live today is caught in the web of Politics and Bureaucracy (PBB). This so called is a fatal triangle and poisonous to the Democratic Society like the venom of cobra to man. Politicians rely on big business for funds to contest elections. On their part, businessmen turn to Bureaucracy to condone their misdeeds by seeking loopholes in the existing laws. Bureaucrats’ advice politicians and businessmen on matters which are ostensibly outside their domain. When all these three indispensable ingredients of society are in tandem, corruptions sets in; it seeps into the vitals of a society or state. In that event, nothing on earth can save it from disintegration and ultimate decay. This happened in ancient Rome and is increasingly evident in many parts of the world today. Government has been toppled in Japan and Italy with alarming regularity in the recent past of 4/5 years on charges of corruption. In India and the third world countries, however, it has become a way of life in the case of a small state like our very own Nagaland which I myself saw it with my very naked eyes is a matter of fact. And, what is worse, it has come to be accepted by the masses as the sole mode of running and administration
The 4-to-5 year’s back-publicized VORAH Committee report on the politician-criminal nexus and the efforts of crusaders like KIRAN BEDI and some Of the Prominent personalities Of the past to arouse the people to the Fatal-Triangle (PBB) are mere ripples in stagnant waters. We have become so immune to the goings-on in the higher echelons of democracy that we cannot think beyond what exists today. The Politicians-Businessmen-Bureaucrats Triangle is fast eating into the vitals of the Nagaland State Of turned civilized Nagas from Head-hunting to this present westernized and computerized age. People’s Welfare concern for them is mere a verbal matter is in the least of their concerns.
In a Democracy like our country India, the PBB is an endless and immortal, no matter whatever official policy is adopted. Modern or this computer age is ruled by this unholy trinity comprising POLITICIANS-BUSINESSMEN-BUREAUCRATS. Each of these is trying to assert its supremacy over the other two. At times, politicians call the shots, which is usually after they have won an election with help from uncounted wealth of big business who, in turn, are helped by the Bureaucracy. It has become a chain-reaction today and the conflict cannot be reasonably resolved to the advantage of one or another.
The Ideal situation, however, is when politics, business and bureaucracy work for the general good. But this a lofty ideal, honoured more in than promise. Politicians lay down the laws, bureaucrats implement them. But this is generally done for the benefit of business tycoons and bosses, who are the benefactors of politicians and the bureaucrats. In reality, big business calls the shots in this unholy trinity. This is, indeed, a fatal triangle. This also explains why ‘The Rich’ gets richer and ‘The Poor’ increasingly poor with each passing day.
Although politicians may swear by the law, the poor have hardly any access to bureaucracy or business or law courts. Poll time promises made to them always remained on the paper in dusty files in almirah or bookshelf of the office because the politicians are too busy recompensing their business bosses for help during the elections. The Bureaucrats, most of time, are too happy carrying out the orders and wishes of the politicians because it is in their long-term interest through Promotion or etc,; they also feather their own nets at the expense of the poor of the land. Corruption is, thus, institutionalized and operated.
The Basic reason and motive for this deadly triangle lies with our people. Illiteracy and ignorance is our greatest bane in life; people are mostly ignorant of what goes in the country or state. The second reason and motive is Party-Loyalty; it turns camp-followers away from what goes on right under their noses. Consequently, they join the bandwagon and become a part of this triangle for personal advancement and aggrandizement. Also, our people are emotional just like me; they are easily provoked by unscrupulous politicians who use them for their own nefarious ends. Bureaucracy, the steel frame of administration, has also crumbled under the pressure of day-to-day politics as well as the rise and fall of politicians on the national or regional scene. It is, therefore, rightly remarked that politics, business and bureaucracy are a fatal triangle that may sound knell of our democracy unless people read the writings on the wall and act accordingly, to wipe out this evil.
Medowe Kapfo
