Estate vs. Custodianship- Relevance in Democracy & Governance It is very well defined in our constitution & judiciary that the democratically elected and constitutionally held positions have to keep the country's integrity and sovereignty intact and effectively perform role of custodian and safe guard the national property against all evil forces. The oath of office and secrecy taken before getting into these positions by politicians, bureaucrats, judiciary, others, clearly define the respective position's role as custodian and attorney. Unfortunately what is happening in the country day in day out is very different from democratic defined principles. We come across so many incidents of lands being allotted at through away prices, contracts are awarded to kith and kin at escalated rates, huge scaling up of estimates in infra & development projects and many more. Under the cover of shared responsibility, certain decisions are taken at cabinet level with su...
