Newspapers in Bangalore are brimming with the reports of high profile land scams like never before. Scanned copies of documents exposing the scandals are adding to the cosmetic beauty of the pages.

Allegations and counter allegations are overflowing as stories of murky dealings Recently the IT minister's involvement in the case of gobbling up compensation money for a government land meant for industrial area development board has raised eyebrows. This was followed by his son's arrest, who is a councilor, for offering bribe to a main witness in the case.

Also, Chief Minister favouring his relatives by de-notifying their land, while his MP son pockets high-ended BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) sites through forged documents is doing rounds of the paper.

Indeed a sumptuous stuff for the media to feast on and to satisfy its journalistic appetite. But is media celebrating the momentous proactive spur or is it being credited for showing the crooks naked?

Alas, the answer is negative. Unearthing the scams was not the fruits of an investigative journalism nor was it done in the public interest. The news papers and news channels had just provided space for the groups in the ruling party to settle scores against rivals and the netas used them as flavoured condoms for the political blowjob.

People on the streets were talking that it was chief minister behind the revelation of IT Minister's scandal because he wanted to throw him out of the cabinet. Also, it was a time-tested trick as it was successful in getting rid of medical education minister, who is a nobody now.