Wonders are happening! Kaushik Basu, the Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has openly suggested that ” The Act of giving bribe should be treated as legal”. It is the partial heading of his write up put in his website.

It is one more crucial evidence that the correct politicians and the top bureaucrats are very much worried about the noise and enquiry being made against corruption. They are trying to derail the Lok Pal Bill in a very systematic way. Now Kaushik Basu says that bribe-giving should be legalised. Tomorrow he will say the taking bribe should be legalised.

It has become clear that corruption has become part of them and they can not live without it.

In this connection you may read the article by P.Srinath in Hindu dated 21st April, in the Editorial page (page 8)