Right jobs, wrong people

Examples abound of individuals with conflicts of interest taking up ministerial positions.

One of the minor characters in Ulaar, a novella by Nayan Raj Pandey, is a politician who is furious about not getting the portfolio of telecom minister. He believes he deserves the portfolio because of his extensive knowledge of the sector. His claim to fame in the field? He had once been a telephone operator and was found guilty of falsifying trunk-call bills. Sacked from his job, he grows a beard, joins politics, and eventually, becomes the transport minister. But he is unhappy being a transport minister, as he believes he could have done a better job as a telecom minister.