Nation Must Congratulate Her Security Forces: (My views on Ayodhya-2)

Posted on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at - Post Comment

The terrorist attack on Ram Janma Bhumi was repulsed by the brave Javans, whether of CRPF or PAC/state police. All the six terrorists were killed without allowing their nefarious designs to succeed and no damage was done to the sanctum sanctorum. Nation was saved from another possible countrywide riots. If the faith of millions of Hindus worldwide was not allowed to be shaken then the nation’s prestige was also kept intact. And for this the daring javans of the forces were responsible.

A view appeared in a section of press which somehow gave the impression that the operation was low in significance when compared with the one in Parliament or Ashkardham. Any such notion is false both by the standard of target or the actual operation. For one Ram janma bhumi is one of the most sacred places and any damage to the sanctum sanctorum may have created uncontrollable situation in the country. Two, simply because the operation ended in about two hours and without any casualty from forces side doesn’t reduce its gravity. The smoothness of the operation rather proves how  adept were the jawans in tackling such matters. It was as tough and dangerous as one in the Parliament or Akshardham. The barometer of such operations can’t be the number of casualties on the side of the forces or damage to the target. Contrary to any such perception yesterday’s operation was one of the best performance ever given by security forces.

The local MP from Faizabad was critical of the DG police on the ground that it was DG’s policy of reduction of force from the site that may have encouraged the terrorists to attack the temple premises. This criticism may have been made because of the political context as he is from BSP. Or DG may not have heeded to any of his demands at any point of time. But another aspect of the issue is that any examination regarding the professionality and competence of the forces may also be considered from the point of view of the socio-political milieu of present day UP (and for that matter of the country).  

The present DG(police) who may have got the post because(a) his wife is an active member of the ruling party(b) he is of the same caste and  district which also is the caste and district of one of the most important leader of the ruling party. Now under the conditions the equation has to be based on quid pro quo. When the caste and area becomes important rather than professionality then the force is no better than committed. DGP may have been more busy in devising the method of how to ensure that constables & Sub-Inspectors are recruited and that too primarily of one particular caste. The officers of the police may be more busy in confronting the local issues as per the demand of the local political junta than improvement in their functioning based on modern technological and managerial principles. If they fail to deliver as per the satisfaction of the leadership then they shall definitely be termed as serving the interest of the opposite party. Forget about professionality which these days is a taboo.

And why do we criticize the police only. Almost every branch of the governance is performing badly. Are those officers involved in the mass rigging of NOIDA land draw, which was held three days back, not deviants? Are the officers involved in civil supplies scam in UP not deviants? (these are only indicative and not exhaustive).But what happens to them even if their violation is made public? NOTHING. There are patterns of inefficiency and corruption emerging in the society. Then why is the police singled out?

Thank god then. Under the conditions the forces performed so perfectly. They saved the lord and the nation. Any opinion about the forces should be formed under these parameters which in turn may then be more realistic. And from that point of view they definitely were superb. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at - Link

Your review is constructive and you are right about emerging patterns of corruption. While our forces of defense are based on principles and ideals, we never really appreciate them.

The problem really is that we are so far divided and not united in forcing the evil of religion out of our society. The religion of today is based only on outer symbols. Islam or its followers will do their best to carry on their massive plan to destroy India till they can force and convert the world to follow them or beheaded. We should look for ways to train these brain damaged people to come to senses and respect other people who dont want to follow their ignorant way of life.