The ruling party has chosen to allot tickets to two power couples after shrilly announcing from the rooftops that it does not believe in parivarvaad (dynastic politics) and weighs candidature solely on merits.
It is also pertinent to note that they are earnest about a clean administration; ironically there are ten serious non-bailable criminal offences registered against their electoral candidates, five of which are accounted for by the two privileged couples seeking re-election.
The alleged offences relate to murder, rape, kidnapping and corruption, the sentences for which range from five years to life imprisonment.
Besides many other candidates have been booked for minor offences in the past. The saffron party seems to be a laundromat where any member with criminal antecedents joining them from rival parties becomes as pure as the driven snow and starts singing the praises of the purported Hindutva hridaysamrat who was earlier anathema to them.
Hypocricy is de rigueur for politicians but the conduct of the ruling dispensation takes the cake and the whole bakery too.
