I understand the appeal of electing thugs and factionists as politicians

[venkappa]

My bank has been causing lots of headache with me regarding my accounts. The phone customer service and branch staff are very unhelpful as they treat your problem with contempt. 

I think back to one of my relatives stories. He was in poor condition. Govt office at the time were behaving like power hungry sadists and refused to approve his file. MP was out of touch useless fellow. But MLA was quite the gang leader. Rumour was that during a big riot, he supplied karyakarthalu to burn down property owned by opposition party people.

Relative asked for help. MLA sent his men to straighten out the issue (threaten govt officer), even though it was outside his area. Relative was so thankful that he ended up doing part time election work for the guy and party. 

That’s why all these types of nayakulu run their own private armies, katta panchayats and settlement business. Builds public goodwill and helps the poor man get what he needs. I am not saying that this is correct politician conduct but they keep getting elected by janalu.