The Vajpayee government was defeated in a historic vote on the floor of the Lok Sabha in 1998 by a margin of just one vote! Who was the one MP who violated his party whip and voted against the government thus probably being the one member who caused the fall of the government?

Indian politicians did not always have such an undesirable aura. In the beginning, there were noble intentions and a will to serve the people. Today, well...