By Sidharth Mishra
The political parties of every hue in our country have great belief in what Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw had said. The creator of classics like Man and Superman, Pygmalion and Saint Joan, Shaw exercised great influence over western theatre, culture and politics during his lifetime and thereafter. He once observed, “A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on Paul’s support.” Shaw’s comment was inspired by the Biblical saying, “to unclothe Peter to clothe Paul.”
Last week on getting the diesel tank of my vehicle filled, I was rattled as the fuel pump helper raised a bill of Rs 3600. In 2013-14, when the Achche Din (good days as promised by challenger to the throne Narendra Modi) were still to dawn, the tank of a similar vehicle would get filled for Rs 2200. Thanks to the lockdown, as the need for filling the fuel tank arose after quite a while but the price of diesel came to actually pinch.
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