🧨 The Road to Nowhere
A long line of flashing lights. SUVs with tinted windows. Sirens cutting through the noise.
Nitish Kumar’s convoy snakes through the streets of bihar like royalty on parade.
But one glance at the road beneath — cracked, muddy, waterlogged, and broken — and you realize:
The real VIP here is corruption, not the Chief Minister.
Because behind every politician’s polished motorcade lies a road that tells the truth — a truth paved with lies, neglect, and betrayal.
🚧 The Convoy vs. The Common Man
While nitish kumar glides over potholes in an air-conditioned car cushioned by layers of security, the ordinary Bihari struggles to cross a single flooded street.
No drainage.
No footpath.
No lane markings.
Just chaos, puddles, and promises that vanish faster than a monsoon shower.
And yet, the government manages to find funds for long convoys, flower garlands, and massive political events — but not for basic road maintenance.
This isn’t governance.
It’s a theatre.
And the audience — the people — are paying for the tickets and the damage.
💸 Taxpayers’ Money, Politicians’ Parade
Every vehicle in that convoy burns your tax money — the same money that was meant for drainage systems, footpaths, and streetlights.
Every pothole on that road is a monument to mismanagement.
Every broken lane marking, a reminder of misplaced priorities.
You don’t need an RTI to see where the budget went. Just watch a convoy roll by.
🌧️ Rain Isn’t the Villain — Poor Planning Is
Officials will tell you:
“The roads were fine until the rains came.”
But here’s the truth — good roads don’t collapse after one heavy shower.
In Japan, in china, in south korea — it rains harder, longer, and heavier.
Yet their infrastructure stands.
Why? Because they build to withstand, not to pretend.
India’s roads are like its politics — fragile, temporary, and always under repair before the next election.
China Built Empires. bihar Built Excuses.
Two decades ago, China’s GDP was around $2 trillion. Today it’s over $20 trillion.
In the same 20 years, bihar — once the cradle of civilization — still can’t build a road that survives one monsoon.
While china built megacities, bihar built committees.
While china built expressways, bihar built convoys.
While china eradicated extreme poverty, bihar perfected political immunity.
If this is what 20 years of “good governance” looks like, what does failure even mean anymore?
🚨 Convoys of Power, Citizens of Dust
Why do public servants need dozens of cars, armed escorts, and roadblocks to “serve” the people?
Because they don’t serve.
They rule.
And the bigger the convoy, the smaller the conscience.
The more powerful the image, the weaker the governance.
This isn’t democracy — it’s a monarchy with better branding.
🏚️ The Road Is the Mirror of the State
Roads don’t lie.
They’re the clearest reflection of a government’s integrity.
When the CM’s car glides over a broken road, it’s not just bad infrastructure — it’s a metaphor.
For how India’s powerful have insulated themselves from the reality they’ve created.
They live in SUVs; we wade through sewage.
They talk about “development”; we drive through devastation.
🔥 The Brutal Truth
bihar doesn’t need more convoys.
It needs accountability.
It doesn’t need more speeches.
It needs roads that last, drains that work, and systems that don’t collapse every monsoon.
Until that happens, every flashing light in a political convoy should remind us —
The brighter the siren, the darker the system.
💀 FINAL WORD: Kings on Wheels, people in Potholes
The condition of Bihar’s roads isn’t a coincidence. It’s a consequence.
A consequence of decades of apathy, political comfort, and the normalization of mediocrity.
And as long as we keep voting for the same faces and expecting different results,
the convoy will keep moving —
and the rest of us will keep sinking.
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