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Politicians, policemen top people’s hate list: Rudy

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Indispensable role of the two comes into focus at seminar

Rudy regrets that good people are not coming into politics
Not impossible to free policing from politicians: Ramoji

HYDERABAD: The indispensable role of politicians and policemen, irrespective of whether they are good or bad, came into sharp focus at a seminar on public-private partnership for internal security at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy here on Friday.

BJP leader and former Union Minister for Civil Aviation Rajiv Pratap Rudy said people hated politicians and policemen the most in that order. However, he asked “imagine if these two are removed from society.” The situation would be one of anarchy, Mr. Rudy observed.

‘Shock absorbers’

He said politicians and policemen contributed immensely as they were the biggest “shock absorbers” of civil society. As the most visible symbols, they were also present in every critical situation. He deplored that good people were not entering politics.

Former Governor of Tamil Nadu P.S. Ramamohan Rao said there was no way police could be insulated from political interference, though the Supreme Court had laid down guidelines for the purpose. The situation was such that even the CBI had become the ‘handmaid of the party in power.’

Mr. Rao, a former Director General of Police of the State, said 80 to 90 per cent of politicians represent genuine problems.

In the case of the remaining 10 per cent of politicians who had vested interests, it was not difficult for police to say no and get away with it, he felt.

Chief Editor of Eenadu group Ch. Ramoji Rao stressed the need to eliminate political interference as suggested by the National Police Commission as the police officers were more interested in pleasing their political bosses than working for people.

He said it was not impossible to free policing from the clutches of politicians to make it responsive to people’s needs.

Inaugurating the seminar earlier, Chairman and Managing Director of TVS Venu Srinivasan said police officials were sometimes dumb and sometimes active witnesses to political interference in their functioning.

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