NEW DELHI, Nov. 7 -- It is time the people get awakened to disenfranchise political fraudsters from their privileged positions of power and self-sought glory. Day in and day out, we are fed with statements and pronouncements aimed at whitewashing their misdeeds and cathartic performance.

Take the case of the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat on October 30. It happened as the countdown to the Gujarat elections started. Political leaders started passing the buck without owning up responsibility and probably saying it was an act of god, meaning 'an instance of uncontrollable natural forces in operation.'

Compare it with the collapse of the Vivekananda Road flyover before the Bengal Assembly elections in 2016. Remember Prime Minister Naren...