The list of richest politicians in the world is
predictable since most of them are either reigning kings in their kingdom or ones
who have been in the business field since years.
The only anomaly is Sonia Gandhi who is
neither a Queen nor does she own any business establishment (except the
business of politics). Yet she holds the 4th rank in the
world.
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| Source: World's Luxury Guide (based on OpenSecrets.org, Forbes.com, Bloomberg.com, Wikipedia.org, Guardian.co.uk) and CIA world fact book |
How did she achieve this?
If we look at the GDP of our nation, it stands
at 4th and this should have given a fair per capita GDP figure too
like other nations. While GDP per capita is not a measurement of the standard of living in an economy;
however, it is often used as such an indicator, on the rationale that all
citizens would benefit from their country's increased economic production. India
is rich in natural resources and Indians are a hard working lot too. This parity
could be because of the population too but yet China is ahead in all these
including population. Hence one has to assume that this wealth is going
somewhere. I wouldn’t have compiled this if the recent appointment of the
tainted Raja and Kalamadi had not enraged me much. If she is the Party President,
then she must take the responsibility for all the scams and not just accumulate
wealth which begs for a source. It is not without reason then that recently
even her son-in-law has been dragged into national limelight. Robert Vadra has
also been enjoying the VIP category as per the following.
Why are we Indians treated so blatantly? Are we such fools?
Source:
World's
Luxury Guide (based on OpenSecrets.org, Forbes.com, Bloomberg.com,
Wikipedia.org, Guardian.co.uk)
http://imgur.com/fNg9w
Ha ha, ! I love this. And a disappointment that I could not swindle to be in the top ten , I am not even a speck of dust.
ReplyDeleteWell Italians can be proud that one of their countrymen is the fourth richest.
Tell me whee did you get these statistics? How true are they? Did you check the veracity?
The source is as follows:
ReplyDeleteWorld's Luxury Guide (based on OpenSecrets.org, Forbes.com, Bloomberg.com, Wikipedia.org, Guardian.co.uk)
The other stats are from the CIA site.
Can they be sued :)
If one can blv regarding the Saudi, Brunei and UAE Kings, why not Sonia? Why else should she cling onto power? Her best move was when she made MM Sing the PM. This way she knew she could enjoy all the power with zero responsibilty. Have you ever seen her hold a press conference. Has she ever been interviewed by any our national media? Why not? The money does give her a lot of power and it is not easy to clash with her. But then I blv it is only the poorest of the poor voter who can take her down. As a blogger let me get my satisfaction this way.. after all it my nation too.
I endorse your view. This is the way we can get some satisfaction.
DeleteI do not doubt a bit that this Italian woman from a nondescript village in Italy finds it necessary to stay in India to which she has been connected by her marriage to the late Rajiv Gandhi is because she needs to be here to control the road to her family's fortunes.
We Indian are gullible - arse holes.
I 'm still amazed by the size of her wealth . The accuracy to the decimal is not the question.
But the minute she sense trouble she will chuck India and fly.. and I think the time is not far away.
DeleteThe looting is systematic and broad-based: those benefiting from Congress corruption will make sure to return the favors during election time. And so goes on the Money-Power nexus - a win-win for corrupt politicians and businessmen.
ReplyDeleteInferno: Yes it is a win-win situation and hence there should be a rule that an MP can contest only for one term and if they are charged for any offense everything should be stripped off.... unless this happens democracy shall remain a farce.... We need to have a better Election Commissioner who needs to monitor the money spent during elections etc.
DeleteMotilal nehru was rich royal person..may be because of that she is rich?
ReplyDeleteI am just asking, though neither I like her , nor support her govt
Renu: Even if Nehru was rich and the wealth was passed onto Indira, it would have been divided to her two sons.. or did she not.. whatever, Sonia cannot own such riches only by way of inheritance. Bofors still stands true.
DeleteI think here you read the matter wrong. She, Sonia is in a Black hole from the moment she took over the reins of the Congress. She cannot decamp or bolt for that will ruin her and her family. She will stay in India in all comfort. We cannot guess the wealth in the form of trusts that she holds now passed by the Late Nehru, Indira and down to that nit wit husband of hers the late Rajiv( can’t help being sarcastic) .
DeleteAnd the worst she may have to face ( and only meant for public consumption ) if her party loses in the elections in 2014 will be a few investigations and cases the new government probably the NDA will slap on her and her son- in-law. For the booty and plunder from the Spectrum , the Coal gate and all honey pots have gone to them too. So there will be no earnest perusal of what has happened during the UPA dispensation for the BJP cannot cover its pug marks and tracks in all these scams.
It is ironical that during the times of Moti lal Nehru , and Jawharlal Nehru , the family bounty and wealth where passed on to the public. Rajiv Gandhi’s father the late Feroz Gandhi was a perennial thorn for Jawharlal Nehru ( and it must be said that to Nehru’s credit he welcomed the fiery rhetoric and unraveling of scams and corruptions attributed to some of his minsters by his son in law Feroz).
Look at the pathetic state of the Nehru family now!!
Sonia Gandhi’s wealth even if it is only 1/10th of the alleged will put Al Capone to insignificant sate.
Anil: What I meant was that it needs power to maintain this ill gotten wealth. If Congress loses power the next round she may find it hard to maintain this wealth. Not that BJP is going to pursue it but a powerless individual cannot survive too long.
DeleteThis family is cursed. Rajiv Gandhi might have been a nitwit but he would have lived if he had stayed away from politics. Now one fears the same for his son. A desperate party might attempt again.
Rajiv Gandhi’s mistake was not going into politics. His blunder was that he chose to send the Indian Army to SriLanka . He was fooled and fell into the trap laid by the maverick and cunning Jaya wardhane the then Srilankan president. He made Rajiv carry his laundry. This was against the advise of the Indian army top brass. And more outlandish was his decision to send our army to fight the LTTE with one hand tied in the back. If Rajiv was not foolish the LTTE would have been history then. But he was a fool and we saw the result.
ReplyDeleteHis mother was advised by the coterie of yes men around her to storm the Golden temple. Whereas she could have laid siege to the complex and worn out and flushed the terrorists inside. But she blundered. I won’t call her a fool but that was a tactical mistake that eventually cost her, her life.
Anil: and now we hear that Khalistan is being revived.. Pakistan has to be behind this.. which means no lessons learned and all those lives wasted.
ReplyDeleteLet is leave the Paki bogeyman aside.
ReplyDeleteThe Khalistan is kept afloat in some places overseas by the Sikh diaspora who are economically well settled.
But if the Khalaistan and terrorism is out of the bottle in Punjab again, it will be the fault of the late Rajiv Gandhi and the Congress ( leaders who are alive). There has been no justice for the Sikhs who were massacred and for their families even almost thirty years down. The stupid statement of Rajiv Gandhi when he was asked about the killing in thousands of the Sikhs was naive, thoughtless and stupid. He said, that it was natural that when a huge tree was fell the earth around will tremble.
True... the Sikhs are yet to be given justice... Jagdish Tytler still roams free while the media is fixated on Modi alone. Congress needs Modi to keep the communal fire alive but they turn a deaf ear when Sikhs raise their voice. If Khalistan is being revived someone better listen and do something before Punjab turns bloody again.
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