Salary of MPs

What a mockery the MPs are making of the democracy. They are comparing their salary with the bureaucrats, one is surprised as to how can you compare when there is nothing to compare. One can compare similar things / objects but one doesn’t find any similarity.

Bureaucrats study, pass the most competitive examination in the country. They are highly qualified, most of them are holders of Masters degree and many are with doctorate degrees, many are professionally qualified engineers doctors etc. These bureaucrats are working under some rules and regulations, i.e., they have some leave authorization, they are posted from one place to another, they are the ones who are made scapegoats when anything goes wrong, they are held accountable. These people start at the lowest level of the cadre and get promoted based on their performance and confidential reports.

Look at the politicians / MPs. With few exception like Mr Chidambram, Mr. Sibbal, Mr Arun Jatley, etc. most of them are found lacking in their conduct qualification and mannerism. They do not attend to even the parliament for which they have been elected. The exposures have even clearly shown that they demand money for raising a particular issue / question in the Parliament, what a shame. They have number of cases against them ranging from bribery, embezzlement, rape, murder, etc. The beauty is that in all such cases they have only one statement that is” it is conspiracy of opposition” One wonders why can’t they be treated as normal criminals whenever situation arises, if it is found to be a conspiracy then those responsible should be given exemplary punishment. Such an approach will build up the confidence of people in the judiciary as well as Democracy.

With these credentials and having unending list of so called perks how can they even dream of equating themselves with the public servants?