Why politicians being caught in sex scandals is no longer surprising

He was meant to be the new-age politician, catapulted into national limelight because he was "different". The branding was "hot and sweet" as in a tomato sauce advertisement. He was considered to be noble but unsparing. The packaging was bold - he dared to ask the questions everyone else cowered from, sparing no one. Now it seems Arvind Kerjiwal's "hot and sweet" promise has gone sour.

Why else would Kejriwal issue a recorded video message when there are a million questions on the lips of the aam aadmi? All the five Ws, One H and hundreds more. The trick question being, was it consensual sex?

Personal sexcapades may be no one's business, but the scandal is sizzling on the political saucepan for obvious reasons and the leader in the sex soup - Sandeep Kumar emerged gasping for air and tossed a Dalit excuse, only raising more stink.

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Kumar is no more in-charge of the welfare of Delhi's women and children. Despite the dirty picture denting Kejriwal's dream cabinet, AAP's Dalit vote magnet remains a leader of the aam aadmi. Even as I try to wrap my head around the nuances of sexual sin, I fail to understand why would guilt stick to a minister and slip right off a leader's skin.

Kejriwal proclaims that the AAP is not like other parties even as his former mantri shot to the top of the great Indian politicians' hall of shame. We can't forget that these leaders were the representatives of a large section of the citizens. They were regular porn-consuming citizens of the country who loved ogling at women and never lost connect with the masses, winning polls by doling out generous lectures of morality and principles.

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As the latest debate on political morality has overshadowed even free 4G in a forever data-starved world, do note that the citizens of the land of the Kamasutra are not surprised when their politicians find themselves twisted and tangled (no pun intended) in sex scandals. Double standards is the norm in India. We love attacking pornstar-turned-Bollywood actress Sunny Leone who wears skimpy clothes, and is always held guilty of arousing the otherwise blameless male libido.

The tempted and now turned on, "by the woman's clothes or lack of it", Indian male delves into every nook and dark alley of the city or cyberspace to douse his "sexual fire". While this may seem like digressing, it really isn't because most women continue to star in routine roles in Indian plots - as sexual objects onscreen and as tools of revenge in politics. Since morality wars don't translate into any real political gains or losses, blackmailing can happen, though it may land Kumar in deeper trouble or even in jail.