Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu Can Bend Power — Why Won’t They?

SIBY JEYYA

⚠️ THIS IS NOT FAILURE — THIS IS PERMISSION


This is not about one bad policy.
This is not about one bad year.

This is what happens when power is never questioned, when allies refuse to act as checks, and when governance becomes a one-way command system.


Air is polluted.
Water is polluted.
Food is adulterated.
Institutions are collapsing.

And yet — accountability is missing.


Because collapse doesn’t happen only when rulers act badly.
It happens when partners stay silent.




1️⃣ pollution EVERYWHERE — AND NO ONE OWNS IT


Air, water, rivers — all polluted beyond safe limits.

This isn’t accidental. It’s structural.

  • Environmental clearances diluted

  • Monitoring weakened

  • Regulators politicised


When economic optics matter more than public health, pollution stops being a crisis — it becomes acceptable collateral damage.




2️⃣ ADULTERATION AS A SYMPTOM OF LAWLESSNESS


Milk. Petrol. Paneer.

Adulteration is not just a food safety issue — it’s proof that enforcement has collapsed.

When profit is unchecked and punishment is absent, cheating becomes routine.
This isn’t street-level crime.
It’s system-enabled decay.




3️⃣ TRAINS DERAIL, PAPER LEAKS, INFRASTRUCTURE CRACKS


Derailments aren’t fate.
Exam paper leaks aren’t a coincidence.


They point to:

  • Over-centralisation

  • Under-investment in safety

  • An obsession with announcements over maintenance

Infrastructure isn’t just roads and bridges — it’s systems that must work quietly. Those systems are breaking.




4️⃣ news AND CINEMA: WHEN NARRATIVE REPLACES TRUTH


news is no longer about information.
Movies increasingly double as messaging tools.

When journalism turns into amplification, and entertainment turns into indoctrination, citizens lose the ability to question reality itself.


This is not censorship by force.
It’s controlled through saturation.




5️⃣ THE ECONOMIC DOUBLE HIT: COLLAPSING VALUE, RISING PAIN


The rupee weakens.
Inflation surges.
Income inequality explodes.


While headline GDP numbers are celebrated, lived reality tells another story:

  • Jobs are scarce

  • Wages stagnate

  • Prices don’t


Growth without distribution is not progress.
It’s a concentration of power.




6️⃣ health AND EDUCATION: SLOW, QUIET COLLAPSE


No dramatic shutdowns.
No official declarations.


Just:

  • Underfunded hospitals

  • Overburdened doctors

  • Schools are struggling with quality and access


Collapse doesn’t always look like chaos.
Sometimes it looks like slow abandonment.




7️⃣ JOURNALISTS SOLD — AND THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING


When journalists stop asking questions, democracy doesn’t die instantly.

It rots.


Power without scrutiny doesn’t self-correct.
It only expands.


And silence from the press gives cover to every failure listed above.




8️⃣ THE UNSPOKEN TRUTH: bjp COULDN’T DO THIS ALONE


Here’s the uncomfortable reality.

The Bharatiya Janata Party does not have an outright mandate.
At 240 seats, it survives only because of allies.


Which brings us to the two names history will not ignore:

  • Nitish Kumar

  • Chandrababu Naidu




9️⃣ UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT IS NOT STABILITY — IT’S SURRENDER


For nearly 18 months, support was extended:

  • Without demands

  • Without red lines

  • Without public accountability


No pressure on governance.
No insistence on course correction.
No resistance.


In politics, silence is never neutral.
It is an endorsement.




🔟 THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY THAT STILL EXISTS


Here’s the irony.

Both leaders still hold leverage.


They could:

  • Demand accountability

  • Force transparency

  • Reclaim federal balance

But leverage means nothing without courage.


And so far, courage has been missing.



🧨 FINAL VERDICT: THIS IS A COLLECTIVE FAILURE OF WILL


Yes, the ruling party must answer for the collapse.

But so must those who enabled it by refusing to question it.


history doesn’t only judge who ruled.
It judges those who allowed unchecked rule.


Because when:

  • There are no questions

  • No resistance

  • No accountability


The damage is not accidental.

It is designed.

And the bill is paid by everyone else.




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