India, Dec. 2 -- According to Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, the first among the seven deadly social sins is "politics without principles". In other words, it is politics without morality. After the Nehruvian era, India has been progressively witnessing an alarming decline in the morality of politics in India. The maha drama that was enacted at 7.30 a.m. on November 23 in the Raj Bhavan of Mumbai can be described as a "descent to the political sewers" as termed by Siddharth Varadarajan in his write up in the Wire online news.

It is really disgusting to see how politics is being played in India by flouting all ethical and moral norms. The way Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were sworn in Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister ...