Barring some honorable exceptions, the would-be administrators of Indian government today are far more concerned with self-advancement, and the consolidation of party gains, than they are in representing the true interests of the people whom they are elected to serve; the country’s welfare, so much talked about at election time, in the press, and through manifestos, is thrown to the winds as soon as the coveted office is obtained. In the initial struggle for power, always consistent with the birth of a new political regime, the principle efforts of those temporarily in office are directed invariably toward consolidation of political gains, and toward crushing the forces of opposition. Offices, such as parliamentary secretariships, are created to strengthen party position,- it may even happen that more than half of the Assembly Members may at sometime hold one government position or another in the plot to keep a political party in power. Even those Ministers who have a genuine desire to fulfil the duties of their offices have first to consider their own precarious position in the party set up; they cannot afford to offend the electorate, and must devote a large part of their time and efforts to favour-seeking constituent voters who, with the electorate, are not concerned with the public duties of their Ministers, but seek only to use their influence for their personal gain.
