We have been proved right, says Jakhar
Tuesday, 22/01/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130122/punjab.htm#6
Chandigarh : The Congress today claimed that the Punjab and Haryana High Court strictures on Mansa MLA Prem Mittal confirmed their assertion that the state police had been politicised.
Responding to a news report carried in these columns on interference by the SAD legislator in the functioning of the police, Congress Legislature Party Leader Sunil Jakhar said the High Court ruling indicated depreciation, rather than reformation, of the police and the administrative system.
“It’s not just about one MLA. Winds of lawlessness are sweeping the state.This is not just tearing apart the social fibre, but also eroding the faith of the common man in the administrative setup,” he said.
The government was inviting judicial intervention through its own acts. Elaborating, he said the Congress, as a matter of principle, was not in favour of unwarranted judicial intervention. But the law and order situation in the state was deteriorating at such a pace that time was not far when the courts would have to take suo motu cognisance of the state of affairs.
The deterioration, he said, was manifesting itself in not just a note recommending the registration of a case, but also in the appointment of Station House Officers (SHOs) by SAD-BJP legislators or the “halqa in charge”.
Jakhar said it was time that the government took note of not just the court verdict, but also the sentiments of the people and establish the rule of law, lest the state found itself under President’ rule.
