Srinagar: There is a timeless dance happening across our constituencies: the battle over the ancient public ditch.
An incumbent MLA proudly snips the ribbon on a newly completed bridge. Cue the dramatic entrance of a former MLA, clutching dusty blueprints from a decade ago. “Plagiarism!” they cry. “We dug the first three inches of that trench in 2016!”
It’s a bold argument. But if the project was initiated during Obama’s presidency, it raises a rather awkward question for our retired lawmakers: Why did it take a literal shift in the space-time continuum to get it finished?
An MLA’s actual job description involves pesky details like tracking budgets, hassling contractors, and delivering results before the turn of the century. Leaving a project to languish for ten years isn’t a “legacy”—it’s a monument to procrastination. If you leave a cake in the oven for a decade, you can’t complain when the next guy finally bakes it. Try turning on the heat while you’re still in the kitchen.
