Where we are heading to?

It’s really very disheartening and shameful that India is now hostage to the likes of Baba Ramdev whose recent forays into the matters, which best suit those people whose job is to run the government, has left a bad taste and left one wondering where we are heading to. Baba, who is a Yoga Guru and who has thrown his lot behind Anna Hazare on the issue of the implementation of the much publicized anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, has come up with another issue which he seems determined to take to its logical conclusion, come what may. The issue is of black money stashed abroad.

There is no doubt the issue is a genuine one and it concerns all Indians. According to the available data, close to $462 billion are stashed away in the many tax havens abroad. This accounts for 50% of the India’s GDP. But the way in which the controversial Baba has gone about taking the government and the country as his hostage is really something which not many concerned people will be comfortable about. Even more shameful is the government’s reaction to Baba’s threats and tantrums.