Politicians/Intellectuals are so wrong about Supreme Court Judgment on Convicted/Jailed Netas :(

 

Again we are told by our politicians that how pathetic our existence in this country is if we are not in politics and the irony is that even intellectuals of our country also think the same way.

All this Brouhaha started with below two judgments from Honorable Supreme Court of India:

1.    Politicians will forfeit their Legislative Seat as soon as they are convicted.

2.    Any person in lawful custody (excluding preventive custody) will be debarred from contesting election.

 

As a mango man I have welcomed these judgments whole heartedly but got disgusted when I heard/saw responses of political and intellectual class. They all give us extreme examples and gray areas to strengthen their arguments that judgment by SC will be used in vendetta politics. Most prominent points paraded in front of us:

1.    What if higher courts overrun conviction of a politician who has already lost his/her seat due to conviction?

2.    What if police take away somebody’s right of contesting election by arresting him/her on false charges?

 

Mother of all argument is which we also heard during Lokpal debate:

3.    Only legislative have powers to decide on such matter and it is a judicial overreach by SC.

 

In India it is so common for police to illegally detain people and give them third degree torture to extract confession. It is  also very common place knowledge that police, under the influence of powerful people, implicate innocent poor people in false charges.

 

Clearly nobody cares if we common people suffer from police atrocity but all politicians/intellectuals will go to any length to protect interest of one politician.

 

For Eons SC is asking Center and State to initiate police reforms so that our Police can become more professional and live to up their duties which is to Protect and Serve. Is this not a better time to bring much awaited Police Reforms so that the argument of arrest due to vendetta politics is laid to rest. One Right + another right will go a long away rather than killing one right with another wrong.

 

But again there is two India…one safe and secure India for Politicians/Bureaucrats and another brutal and unsafe India for We, the people.