The rest is all poppycock. But as I said, it's poppycock and none of it is fooling anybody with a smattering of brains. It is a fact of Indian life, and with people who have the authority to refuse, even more so. NOT for politicians and their parties. The assistant of a rigorously clean and strict officer will think a hundred times before opening his drawer so easily.
Point is, theoretically, the people are above the government in hierarchy.
Only India rulz.