Status of Police personals in India

This is quite common in India and we often read about the political use of police.  Insulting the police officer or using abuse words for them by the politicians is also becomes a happening of day to day life. This is also a common observation that in our country many times police is handled as the personal paid servant by the politicians. This is almost impossible for a common citizen to lodged a police complain against even common political worker of ruling political party. Most of the political leaders in our country are getting VIP treatment from the police.

Though this was shown in Hindi movies a politicians saying to police officer, today you are giving me treatment of criminal but remember in few days time I am going to win the election and will be sworn in as the minister, I will assure that you will get duty of my security, you will be force to salute me and your status will not be different from my pet dog. Off course this was imaginary but this is fact that most of police personals in our country are performing their duties with a kind of fear not just of the politicians, by their relatives and even the political supporters.

Here I would like   yet another scene from recently released Hindi movie Singham, Ajay Devgan performing role of police officer says “If we do our duties honestly, it will be not possible that even a footwear is stolen from the gate of temple and there are is lot of police officers who are willing to do their duty with honesty but our own department is not allowing to do them this.”

This is happening just because in our country rules of police service are allowing a very huge political interference. Police personals are appointed for the security of politicians; they have to look after the management of political meetings and gatherings of political parties. Appointment and transfers and even promotions are done by the ruling political parties.

Time has come that we should think seriously about the political pressures under which a police personal is forced to live and perform duty. This is sure that on the day police become free from the political pressures not only the crime graph will show a significant decline but a common citizen will also feel living in comparatively safer environment. What should be done?

1] There should be time bound autonomous system of transfer of police officer without political interference and consent of ruling political party.

2] No police personal should ever be appointed in own district or adjoining districts of that district through out the entire service period.

3] No police personal should be assigned security duty of politicians, even of the chief minister of the state, for the purpose every state should be allowed to constitute different streams appointing security staff in ratio of five personal to very MLA and additional 200 for the security of ministers on the tour.

4] If a MLA or minister needs more than two security personals either the political party concerned or the politician should be asked to pay the expenses?

5] As for as the political gatherings are concerned political party must get clearance from the city police authority. No police personal will be assigned duty at the meeting place, law and order situation, maintenance of peace will be responsibility of that particular politician or political party, however for the purpose service of security staff will be available to them on paid bases.

6] There should be inbuilt system or the selection board for the purpose of promotion and gallantry awards to police personals. This board should be constituted by the members of retired police officers of highest caliber, retired judges of high court and home minister of the state with present state chief of police working as the chairman of the board and signing authority.

7] This should be made compulsory for every police personal, even for the traffic police of city to submit a certificate of satisfactory service on biannual basis at least from the 100 citizens of city of service.

8] Normal transfers should be made regularly at the interval of four years in tandem through out the state and this should be done during the end of schooling year.

9] If there are more than hundred complains from the citizen against a police personal in a year annual increment must not be granted to concerned police personal.

10] There should be provision for additional salary increment for the police personals who are involved with solving the crime of higher order as fixed by the selection board.

11] No police personal should be assigned daily duty of more than 12 hours and must be allowed a weekly holiday.

BCCI & New Dispute

BCCI & New Dispute
It looks that disputes and BCCI [Board of Cricket Control in India] are running on the parallel lanes of cricketing roads. One after another dispute is following the BCCI. Before coming to recent one, my question is why it happens always that decisions of BCCI, goes on to give birth to dispute and why always BCCI comes out of winner? If we look at the composition of BCCI, over the years it is managed by nonprofessionals and most of times by the politicians. This non professional attitude is putting the decisions under the dispute and for the politicians nothing is more important than time being gains, though politicians are said to be most compromising persons through out the world but here power makes their ego such high that they often forget to think or listen the views of others and that keeps the space for the dispute. Coming to winning of BCCI in the every dispute it is happening because BCCI is one among the richest sports association not only of India but also of the world. Who can deny the power of money in the modern life? More importantly the structure in India that there is no other association that can challenge BCCI in the cumulative format, this might be the reason behind the non recognition of ICL [Indian Cricket league] because in future this might result in constitution of another cricketing association in the country. In every dispute, it may be the dropping of Saurav or Rahul, one has to fight at individual levels and it is natural that in this fight of individual and association, association comes out as winner. It is not easy to forget how rudely Kiran More, chairman of selection committee was giving statement to press “Sourav will not be selected in the team till he is chairman”.
The recent decision of BCCI, which has provide space for the dispute, is restricting the members and chairman of the selection committee from giving interviews to media and writing columns in the news papers. I can’t understand how the bylaws of BCCI suggesting this, in a country where right of expression is the basic right of every citizen? Dilip Vengsarkar has started opposing it but it might be more effective if the members of selection committee had resigned their post at the moment this ban was posed on them and try to collect the protesting force. We had to remember that BCCI had provided many occasions for the union of players and others but concerned people always failed in utilizing the opportunity. This failure is yet another reason that give birth to dispute along with Every decision of BCCI.

New Kings of Divide and Rule

“Divide and Rule” the policy that has helped British rulers to keep intact their kingdom over the Indian sub continent for centuries. It was thought that with the independence and democratic set up this policy will die its natural death with time. Does it happen in our country? Surely the answer is not an affirmative one, considering the situations that even after a more than half of decade still we are not Indians but still are Punjabi, Marathi, Gujrati, Bengali, Tamil, South Indian, Assamee or Sindhi. Will you believe about one third population of America is of the citizens without American origin but they all are Americans.

Why this happens only in India? Minor things that can be overlooked at any moment become an issue of mass consideration. It might be the dress code of Tennis sensation Sania on the playing fields or the recent statement of Film Star turned politician Hema Malini with respect to North Indian especially people from U.P.

This was happening in past only due to politicians and politics because we were unknown with the art of living with these things and differentiate them to keep the politics away from our day to day life. It was real non pleasing status that we have reached destination where even our students were divided on the basis of casts. Thank to God slowly but surely [within a short span of 50 years] we had learned that many of politicians were the new carriers of “Divide and Rule” and for their self started using common citizen to achieve their own aims and objectives without bothering about National or social up-liftment.

Technology has made our life enriched with ever most comfort but this has also produce new carriers of “Divide and Rule”. It is fact that there is rate race for the top spot in the electronic media and nobody wishes or affords to be loser on the TRP grounds. This can be reflecting from the recent Hema Malini incident. Fortunately I have watched this entire episode very carefully what I have saw and heard was
Reporter: North Indians in Mumbai are not satisfied as they fail to get the desired status for them?
Hema: If they fail to get desired status they can go back.

Hema’s comment was just to produce a humor but these TRP thirsty News channels has started projecting this statement as the insult of North Indians especially citizens of U.P. The episode ends with the apology by Hema Malini for non committed sin. I wish to leave all of you with two questions

Is the apology of Hema Malini will remove the wounds created by so called insult and humiliation?

Will we allow these TV News channels to rule over us by there this policy of “Divide and Rule”?

India: Political and Electoral Reforms

We Indian are not just became habituated with the corruption by the politician but also had learned the art of living with it. Otherwise what else is preventing us for raising our voice against it? People says India has changed a lot, the days of dynasties are over, No dear nothing is changed if you think deeply, though on a visible change is that know people have choice of electing rulers of own choice, where as in the past it was destiny that who will be the ruler.If the present political environment which on run towards being worst with time remain in continuation surely India will be heading to face a dictatorship in very near future and what the bare thought freedom we are enjoying will become a thing of past. So dear friends this is right time for awaking, I am calling especially youth to come forward and work for the most needed political and electoral reforms which are the need of hour to keep intact our status of being citizen of a democratic set up.

Political Reforms:

Surely the our present political situations have reached to status of being liable for undergoing a renovation and to make the political sky of the country, pollution free and more worth for living following reforms must be implemented with immediate effect.

** Introduction of Law Council to look after, the review and reconstruction of the constitution of the country, define the duties and responsibilities of public representatives, beside fixing their salaries to appropriate and reasonable level and keep on working for rules and regulations that can meet with our changing social demands. This will leave government with the only implementation of laws. How ever every suggestion of this council will be under go a debate in both the existing houses by the elected public representative before being called law.

Construction of Law Council: There will be just 25 persons appointed by President by India for a term of three years with fix remuneration of Rs. 25,000/- per month to each. The sole and one eligibility criteria will be that these persons should not be related with any political party directly or indirectly and selected from various fields as fallows
4 High court retired Judges3 Supreme Court retired Judges3 Armed forces retired personals [Brigadier or equivalent]2 IAS retired officers 2 University Student representatives [preparing for Doctorate in Law and under age of 35 years] 3 Professional [having a practice of 10 or more years] [like Doctors, Engineers]3 Representatives from the corporate houses2 Supreme Court practicing lawyers [at least 10 years experience]2 University Vice Chancellors retired [Law background essential]1 President of India [Working as the Honorary Head of council]

** We are one of the biggest populated countries and if we take the problem of residential area and the unaffordable expenses made on the security of Ministers and other politicians my suggestion will look worth gold.I suggest construction of multistory buildings for the residence of Ministers and other political personalities as this will not only solve the problem of residential area but will also bring the security expenses to minimum.

** There must not be different set of laws for the people on the basis of religion or the area [as are there in present constitution]. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, whole land is one country India hence there must be a universal and same set of laws. Similarly we are being known as Indian to world so there is no need of different sets of laws which divide us into various religions.

** Politics is no more a social service. It has started journey on the roads of professionalism and like other professions started to run in heredity. In the laws of our land there is no provision of making expenses on the security of professionals, I suggest the same status for the politicians. There is high life risk is involved in the professions related with coal mines and armed forces and peoples are entering in these profession on their own risk. Why we wish to keep apart politic from these high risked professions?

** There should not be any type of reservation, as every candidate will compulsory submit plan of development for the area before the election [see electoral reforms] so it will make no difference who is representating which constituency? Imprisonment [for any reason] will be treated as a disqualification.

Electoral Reforms

** There must be a minimum level of education for being liable for contesting in elections. My suggestions are For Village level Bodies : At least 10 years of schoolingFor City Level Bodies : At least 12 years of schoolingFor State Level : At least Graduation For National Level : At least Post Graduation or a professional degree

** It will be mandatory for every candidate to submit year wise plan of development for the area, indicating year wise proposed details of expenses to be made from the discriminatory fund.

** An elected candidate must published year wise asset details of self and relatives in a comparable table format highlighting the additions at the bottom of table.

** All elected candidate must publicized the achievements regarding the development of the area on yearly basis with quoting commitments.

** During the membership no one will be allowed to hold any post in the co-operative institution or NGOs [even honorary].

** An elected candidate will compulsory will remain present in and available for meeting with public in the constituency.

** All the seating members have to vacant their government residence at least 15 days before the election and should submit such certificate issued by appropriate authorities before the electoral officer of area.

** An elected candidate will be liable for calling back if fails in Publishing year wise asset details of own and relatives. Completing less than 80% of the committed development. Being present in at least 24 public functions held in the constituency during the year.

** In the case of call back of elected candidate, one who was second in the election will be declared elected for the remaining period of term of house and will work according to submitted plan of development for that specific period.

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