These days many people are complaining that corruption is rampant in Bihar
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Tejasvi Yadav, leader of the RJD and Chief Minister face of the Mahagathbandhan ( which is contesting the Bihar assembly elections against the NDA ) says that nothing moves in Bihar without corruption
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He conveniently forgets that corruption and crime were also rampant when his father Lalu Yadav was the Chief Minister
Prashant Kishor, leader of the Jan Suraaj party, is waxing eloquent nowadays about corruption in Bihar
Chirag Paswan, leader of the LJP, has blamed a bridge collapse on corruption
Bihari girls talk of corruption by the police and other officials
However, there is another side to this picture, which must be told.
The defence by Bihar officials to these allegations is contained in the nazm of the famous Urdu poet Josh Malihabadi titled ‘Rishwat’, where Josh says :
” Agar hum rishwat naheen lenge to phir khaayenge kya ? “
i.e.
” If I don’t take bribes, what will I eat ? “
When prices of even essential commodities like dal and aata are skyrocketing, it is obvious that two ends cannot meet, and one cannot balance his budget, on one’s salary alone. So officials need an ‘oopari aay’ for them and their families to survive, as Josh says in these lines in the poem :
ये हवस ये चोर-बाज़ारी ये महँगाई ये भाव
राई की कीमत हो जब परबत तो क्यों आये न ताव
अपनी तनख़्वाहों के नालों में है पानी आध पाव
और लाखों टन की भारी अपने जीवन की है नाव
जब तलक रिश्वत न लें हम, दाल गल सकती नहीं
नाव तनख़्वाहों के नालों में तो चल सकती नहीं
The entire nazm is given below :
https://www.saahityam.org/2014/07/blog-post_16.html
So people of Bihar, forgive the officials, and let corruption continue uninterrupted. Unless it is oiled and greased, the state machinery cannot function and operate
