Absence of persons with impeccable integrity at the helm is the bane of India’s democracy
Gandhiji said that institutions reflect what the people are, and that they cannot function as they are intended to unless those manning them are people of integrity.
Arun Kumar is a Retired Professor of Economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the author of ‘Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis: Impact of the Coronavirus and the Road Ahead’. 2020. And, Indian Economy since Independence: Persisting Colonial Disruption. 2013. He blogs at http://arunkumarjnu.blogspot.com/.