Corruption : A View

On the backdrop of Adarsh Scam, I thought of Urban v/s Rural corruption and the general attitude towards it.
Think of it ... how many times a CM had to resign due to corruption at Rural level...its always the cities that cause the downfall of the biggies when it comes to corruption.
Lets leave the moral high ground for a second and think that Corruption is sad reality [Neither I am a pessimist nor I justify corruption) - How many of us are affected due to his scam...Yes I know it was for the war widows ... but if I am not wrong the widows are by no means destitute and would surely get pension [ Again, I am not justifying the corruption here]. The point is this corruption would not make the widows life miserable.



But think of one of the many glaring instances of the rural corruption - The PDS [Public Distribution System] system Or Rationing.

Everybody knows that PDS should be Holy Grail of anybody who "says" s/he does politics for the poor. Since its the single most thing that affects them directly. Yes directly. PDS connects to the belly of the destitute and you rarely see a resignation of anybody over it. Another is the various central governments employment guarantee schemes. Go google your own list.

P.S. I know Lalu Yadav had to resign due to Fodder scam.