Gadkari and the business of politics

The current shadow of controversy that hangs over Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari has its roots in the distinctive nature of Maharashtra politics, dominated by owners of sugar mills, cooperative banks, dairies, and educational institutions, sometimes by all four at once. It’s a trend which might cause alarm elsewhere but which Maharashtra’s politicians like to present with a benign spin, that there is nothing wrong with padding your political base and bank balances as long as it is also in the public good.

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