Bleed India

Just ran into an Bleed India website. 

The basic idea is to expose the Netas (Abhi-netas???) in our system who give a squat about the nation. Bleed India's approach with a pinch of sarcasm is innovative and they are becoming very popular. But if they keep sarcasm to a dilute level, their website may serve its purpose. They have launched this website as a parody to Times Of India's Lead India campaign. 

... So while the Times Of India tries to find new leaders for a new age (good luck gentlemen!), we focus instead on those who Bleed India; Masters of the Scam, Tigers of the Tightrope: Surely they deserve some acknowledgement of their genius - in staying above the law, beyond the law, in making it and in breaking it..wah! wah! Ladies and gentlemen…you have led us and yes you have bled us.

There are very relevant polls on this site which is based on satire. 

What is bigger threat to India? Valentines Day Or The Recession

Who has Bled India more? Moral Police Or Chor Police

Lead India website has a more concrete and serious presentation about criminals in our political system. "Say No To Criminals" exposes over 500 sitting MPs with the list of their pending criminal cases. 

While Lead India was a bold initiative, the winner of the first Lead India initiative, RK Mishra, joined BJP, which to me, did not sound like a great move. RK Mishra, will now be working with an established political party with over 29 MPs having criminal cases pending (refer NoCriminals.org too). I feel that his cause of joining politics has been diluted as he gets aligned to the ideologies of the party. It is not that I favor Congress or any other political party. India is a nation where party loyalty and policies are given paramount importance over the benefits of the nation (the nuclear deal as one example). 

Also, when we have candidates giving 10 crores for a ticket to fight elections, I seriously doubt if he/she will ever have "betterment of the nation" high on his/her agenda at any point. We will need leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru who will look at money with disdain. Indian administrative layer is bigger problem where elections or democracy may really not help, but I will keep that discussion for later. 

Will India continue bleeding even after the elections or are we in for some good governance? You tell me ...