Increasing corruption within governments run by the Congress party, which led India to independence and monopolized political power for decades, showed what a lucrative career politics had become. Given India’s religious, caste, and linguistic divides, politicians saw how easily they could leverage even a small following into votes.
在领导印度独立并独掌大权数十年的国大党执政政府中愈演愈烈的腐败现象表明政治已经成为一个怎样有利可图的职业。由于印度的宗教、种姓和语言方面存在很大隔阂，政治家们认识到把哪怕很少一群追随者发展成为选民有多么容易。