Who is the real king of India

Once again, Anna's fresh approach has made me think.
A TV reporter recently asked him, 'If you are so keen on national issues, why don't you join politics and win an election. Then you can push your agenda legally'.
Anna corrected him none too gently. He said,' Obviously you believe that the 545 odd MPs are the only guys who control what laws must be made. The other 120 million or so Indians, busy in their daily chores, have no stakes in the country? Arre, we the 120 millions are the kings and we sent our 545 servants to sit as our spokesmen in parliament and do our bidding. It is not that we must do as they tell us to. They must say and do as we tell them. Don't get the pyramid wrong. Do you really want 120 millions to leave their jobs and join politics?'
Turns the present thinking on its head, no?
Most of us take the democratic system to be a modified version of the raja-praja ( ruler-ruled) system in which the MPs have replaced the rajas. Not so. The constitution starts with these words, 'We the people of India, give to ourselves this constitution -----'. It doesn't start as follows, 'We, the MPs of India give to the commoners this constitution ----'. On 15 Aug 1947, we all became kings of India. People alone are supreme.
Amazing guy,this Anna.

Bad roads are a must for democracy to survive?

I am occasionally told that 'democracy is the worst form of government, except when compared to all others'. When I lament about anything even as non-controversial as potholes in Mumbai, I'm reminded mostly of two things -
1. Things move slowly in a democracy.
2. Thank democracy for giving you the right to even air your lament.
The upshot clearly is - roads will always be bad in a democracy. You need to choose between good roads and democracy. They are mutual exclusives. Also the Indian Catch 22 - 'You have right to complaint against bad roads. However, the government's answer to that complaint is that this is intentionally so, just to preserve your right to complaint against bad roads. So, just shut up. Look out for the next pothole on the road'.
Not only is the argument untrue, it is a churlish insult to my intelligence and powers of reasoning.
If bad roads and democracy are so inextricably interlinked, why are there good roads in the US? Do people in the US not get to complain?
Their next argument my well be - But US is not democracy!
I roll my eyes in exasperation ( is there some emoticon for that expression?)