In India politicians r more concerned about generating wealth for themselves by any fraudulent means at the cost of the taxpayers money. They give a damn to the economy. There can be no more proof of this than the recently concluded trust vote in Lok Sabha where money was allegedly paid to several MP's and who unashamedly sided with those who paid more money irrespective of whether the nuclear deal is in favour of India or not.
So in such a situation its only obvious, what they will do for the poor and needy of this country. Today India is ranked 160th, however none should be surprised if we r ranked 195th in the world by next year, if our parliament is ruled by jokers, murder convicts, terrorists etc.
The sad fact is that educated, intellectual and upright class of our society do not take politics as a serious option, as they know they need to stoop to drastic levels and forgo their self respect to be a politician. So as long as that's the case, India is headed only in one direction; SOUTH period.