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Politicians will never give up interfering in police affairs

Maharashtra Deputy Deputy Prime Minister CM Ajit Pawar clarified that he stopped working to IPS officials and was threatened by “action” and was not to interfere. Seriously? Keep moving forward from this “clearance”, it is a matter of the whole party to intimidate the police.

Last month, Minister Andhra’s brother was in the news because he was photographed by a policeman who blocked him from entering a restricted area in the temple. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah slapped police during the rally in April. Last year, a congressional lawmaker slapped a woman police officer in Shimla, but rarely had the experience of being repaid.

In short, this is that the police working under the thumb of an executive, like during Raj, cannot perform democratic duties. The Kerala Police Reorganization Committee emphasized in 1959 that “the results of partisan intervention are often reflected in the enforcement of the law, inferior service and general decline of police reputation”.

Over the years, internal analyses in Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Bangladesh, Delhi, etc. have reached the same conclusions. A 1978 Interior Ministry study found: “People think that political intervention in police is more evil than corruption.”

However, political intervention and intimidation against the police have not diminished. That’s because police represent tangible power – a real deal, there is nothing we can do without a court. “(Chief Justice) John Marshall made the decision and let him execute it now,” said U.S. President Andrew Jackson infamously.

Promoting rebar officers, transferring or suspending provocation powers has given politicians the upper hand over the police. While this is a democratic imperative, the lack of safeguards to prevent abuse is a real problem. Not surprisingly, there is a lack of political will to resolve this issue.

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