Rampant #corruption and #dishonesty appear to be defining traits of the current #rulingpoliticalcadre in the state. Both the government and the public are well aware of the egregious excesses indulged in by the leadership.
His #reforms struck at the very roots of #power that allowed absentee landlords and old feudal families to thrive while those who toiled remained invisible.
Speaking in 1953 about the condition of the #landless, he insisted that “those who do not possess land must be given land, and their right must be recorded first.” This was not an #economic suggestion but a moral demand. He was not content with surface-level changes.