Impressed by the British system of governance, the constitution makers preferred All India Administrative ,Police ,Foreign ,and Allied Services to give advise to the political leadership on clean and administration, to implement policies and programmes efficiently, and to ensure that the Indian nationhood remains a reality through the constitutionally protected Steel Frame of civil and police service. In the early years, the committed political leadership at the Centre and in the states maintained a dignified relationship with the civil servants and police officers of the All India Services,selected through a rigorous countrywide selection process based purely on merit.
With the passing years, the quality of political leadership began to change, and criminalisation of politics has been taking place at a fast pace. Young recruits to the IAS, IPS and other services, who joined with high motivation , had either to compromise with the corrupt Ministers and leaders or to face punishment by way of frequent transfers,suspensions,and even elimination through organised murders. Many preferred to quit the prestigious services, and take up socially relevant service, advocacy, and political activism like Arvind Kejrival of Aam Admi Party. Corruption and bribe in securing even a birth certificate or getting the dead a decent burial, not to mention the mind-boggling scams involving Ministers, Civil servants ,and Business houses. Sand and quarry mafia, and other high profile mafia depleting iron,and other mineral wealth like the Bellary Kings who were Ministers in Karnataka , virtually control the reins of state governments. Upright officers are to be removed for the sake of their prosperity : Suspension of Durga Sakthi in Uttar Pradesh, attempt to kill an officer using sand trailer in Himachal Pradesh , and transfer of Thoothukudi Dictrict Collector in Tamilnadu are examples that took place within the past month.
The governance pattern once preferred by the great Constitution makers of our Country has been effectively broken by the political parties of all shades. At the same time many officers compromised with the corrupt system either due to pressures or because of choice for comfort. Mounting corruption and disastrous depletion of natural resources have become a serious threat to the environment and the lives of millions of Indians. Getting the system back to the clean days of the 1950s and 1960s is impossible.Highly frustrating.
With the passing years, the quality of political leadership began to change, and criminalisation of politics has been taking place at a fast pace. Young recruits to the IAS, IPS and other services, who joined with high motivation , had either to compromise with the corrupt Ministers and leaders or to face punishment by way of frequent transfers,suspensions,and even elimination through organised murders. Many preferred to quit the prestigious services, and take up socially relevant service, advocacy, and political activism like Arvind Kejrival of Aam Admi Party. Corruption and bribe in securing even a birth certificate or getting the dead a decent burial, not to mention the mind-boggling scams involving Ministers, Civil servants ,and Business houses. Sand and quarry mafia, and other high profile mafia depleting iron,and other mineral wealth like the Bellary Kings who were Ministers in Karnataka , virtually control the reins of state governments. Upright officers are to be removed for the sake of their prosperity : Suspension of Durga Sakthi in Uttar Pradesh, attempt to kill an officer using sand trailer in Himachal Pradesh , and transfer of Thoothukudi Dictrict Collector in Tamilnadu are examples that took place within the past month.
The governance pattern once preferred by the great Constitution makers of our Country has been effectively broken by the political parties of all shades. At the same time many officers compromised with the corrupt system either due to pressures or because of choice for comfort. Mounting corruption and disastrous depletion of natural resources have become a serious threat to the environment and the lives of millions of Indians. Getting the system back to the clean days of the 1950s and 1960s is impossible.Highly frustrating.
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