Murthy takes on politicians

It seems like Murthy (the Murthy) has had enough of politicians and their (petty) politics. In today's article on rediff.com, it seems Murthy has "blasted" the policitians and the corruption prevalent. I am surprised he even went on to make comments about the "reservation".

Maybe it was the letting up of steam bottled up inside.

I have always felt that Murthy was doing things to Bangaloru which others could not do to Mumbai. At least from the newspaper reports, it seemed to me that Murthy was using his "industrial clout" to persuade ("threaten" would be a more appropriate word, but a bit harsh on the good intentioned man) the government and other agencies to get some good things developed at Bangaloru. The recent example was of the international airport.

I used to wonder why inspite of Mumbai having so many industrial heavy-weights ("youNameThemTheyLiveHere" types), these were not putting their foot down and getting things done for themselves and the city. I mean - at least they should do something for themselves. Just imagine being an Ambani and getting stuck in the city traffic along side BEST route no. 384 Ltd. (or whatever). Imagine the Benz being driven at 5 kmph...the beast would end up like a kitten. Okay, I hear you shout - Ambani-types don't travel by road, they only do so by air. A bit far-fetched, but not entirely ruled out. I had heard that some of those Tata people lived in Lonavla and flew in everyday to Mumbai. It takes only 0.5 hours by air to Bombay House from Lonavla compared to the 2 hours from Altamount to Fort. Okay, just a joke...but you get the idea.
Even if these guys do commute by air, they may still have to travel sometimes by road (and get stuck).

Back to Murthy - probably he got fed up of something - or maybe a series of negative events left some sort of impression on him. Maybe some of his interactions with various politicians left him wondering why those guys are so "dumb".

Time to float a new party Murthy - time to take them on - go right ahead. We are with you.