Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Bihar Police Naxal Operation

Naxalites are the biggest menace in the country but don't make a bugbear out of them. Most of these naxals are physically weak, less educated and they have little spirit of fighting against the Indian security forces. But the question is how come they are still existing on the Indian territory. Our forces who have dismantled and defeated hiedeous incursions of Pakistan supported terrorists, emaciated Khalistanis of Sikh terrorism are finding themselves helpless against the least competent fighters (read naxals). What could be the reason?
The reason is obvious and it doesn't require heavy statistical calculation to find. It is the leadership of senior officers which is highly deficient. The success of security forces regarding which we are proud happened under the able leadership of army officers or officers of IPS cadre who joined the services in fifties or sixties. But the failure that was recently more than obvious in the operation of Bihar Police in Lakhisarai happened under the incompetent and coward leadership of Indian Police Officers who are selected through civil services exam.
Frankly speaking nowadays this exam facilitates the entry of shrewd scholars who cram day and night to enter the coveted services. Most of these new age IPS officers would fail to pass the Service Selection Board interviews of NDA, CDS or any other recruitment exam of officers in Indian defence forces. History is testimony to the fact that the quality of brinkmanship required in the officers working in the internal security and border security is same. Then why we are having such kind of contrast in selection process.
Jawans (Personels) of Bihar Police who somehow survived the ordeal of Naxal attack in Lakhisarai were so much dissatisfied with the leadership of SP, their senior officer that they tried to manhandle him. This is not a single example but there are many such incidents that happened in recent past. If the government doesn't change the quality of Indian Police Service offcers, many ugly incident might taint the internal administration of the Republic of India.

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