[Assam] Ripun Bora

[Krishnendu Chakraborty]

Ram-da

I do not think that an average Assamese (or Indian) 
think that Bora is the *ONLY* corrupt politician.  
However,  since he was caught the attention turned to
him.   All your arguments that he might have been
trapped or CBI is also corrupt etc are valid  but the
questions remain .... 1) Why did he ask a CBI officer
from Kolkata to meet him in Delhi ? 2)  Why was a
journalist from Assam accompanying him to Delhi?  Was
it an official assignment of the journo ?

Think about the recent case of NY Governor who had to
resign because of a sex scandal.  Did the media wait
for due process etc before turning the attention to
him ... 

Public figures enjoy a lot of privileges but one
missed step and they end up being the most despicable
person.


>>You assumed he did Wrong and that is why he was
arrested.

Arrests all over the world are largely based on some
degree of ASSUMPTION  that someone committed a crime. 
 The court decides if the assumption is correct.  




>>You are taking shelter under the fallacy that two
wrongs  make a right.The
>>fact that most politicians are corrupt does not mean
that Bora has one
right
>>to fill his pocket with ill-gotten money

>Am I? You are trying to put words in my mouth. When
>did I ever claim the
>above or argue that Bora or anyone for that matter
has that right and I
hope, I don't look stupid as I look!

Let us look at this exchange between you and me below:

*You:        >The bottom line is---  Bora was
apprehended because of the
fact
               >that he did something wrong.
*
*Me:*         >Really, the others don't do anything
wrong? Or is it they
simply did not get caught, and  >Bora did? IMHO Bora's
crime was being
stupid to get caught or getting placed in a situation
where >he >could be ID
ed.

You assumed he did Wrong and that is why he was
arrested. IF that is the
standard in India, the jails would be full. My
question is this, why aren't
others who do wrong also arrested?.


--Ram


On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 6:05 PM, kamal deka <kjit.deka
at gmail.com> wrote:

> You are taking shelter under the fallacy that two
wrongs  make a right.The
> fact that most politicians are corrupt does not mean
that Bora has one
> right
> to fill his pocket with ill-gotten money.The issue
of corruption,a vital
> one,is a different kettle of fish .After scanning
media reports,I don't
> find
> an iota of indication that the sting operation was
carried out on account
> of
> personal vendetta.What I do best is collate
information and draw my own
> inference.
>  KJD
>
>