Bring  the Police force under  Central command

AG’ s arrest has baffled the whole country as well as International community and has defied all the logic. The unholy alliance of Shiv sena, Sonia sena ( I don’t call them Congress anymore) and the so called NCP has brought unspeakable damage to the image of the country and it’s democracy.

This is not the first time a state government is using the police force to settle scores with an individual. It is no secret that Lalu Prasad, the former CM of Bihar and Jayalalitha, the former CM of Tamil Nadu, used the police force to their advantage and even treated them as domestic servants.

Mind you, the cream of the force are from IPS ( Indian Police Service, not Indian Personal Service) and it is so painful to see that these well trained personnel are misused by the state governments. 

We cannot blame the police alone for this. They have to follow the instructions from their political masters. To avoid this, we need to amend the constitution further to bring the police department under an independent authority answerable directly to the parliament so that they can discharge their duty without any political interference. The amendment should also enable an honest police officer to refuse  an order from a superior officer which , he can prove, is unlawful.

A free press is fundamental for the success of democracy and the role of the opposition is to keep a check on the elected government. Unfortunately, in our democracy, instead of playing the role of a watch dog, the opposition parties focus more on bringing down the elected governments and to settle scores.