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)
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