DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW There are 4 pillars of Democracy, each powerful in thier own right to make and enforce just laws with checks and balances. They all swear to uphold the Constitution, but today with misusing draconian laws and those elected to serve turning Rulers, the citizens has to face the might of their government if they dare criticize/ give an opinion or do anything contrary to the government narrative. The French government has opened up an enquiry into the Rafael deal which was blocked there as has also been done in India. We are told the Supreme Court(SC) has given a clean chit, matter closed. The SC is not an investigative agency and how HAL was dumped for Anil Ambani in the deal and vital clauses allegedly removed in signing the deal is intriguing! No one is discussing accountability or judicial enquiries into vaccine procurement delay, oxygen and ventilator bungles, record of actual figures of deaths. The arrest, treatment in jail of frail Alzeimer suffering 84 year old Fr Stan Swami, application of draconian UAPA so guilty unless proved innocent without trial, no bail, and his death in custody in our Democracy shows up inhumanity of the State machinery and is not something we can be proud of!
When a politician or ruling party member is seen on TV clearly inciting communal hatred and using foul language and digital evidence is handed over to authorities, the immediate allegation is it is doctored/fake and forensic investigation required. Fr Stan was arrested on digital evidence which he denied and UAPA was slapped on him, judicial custody, never questioned during incarceration and all his questions to them unanswered. Now expert forensic evidence indicates Bima Koreagaon accused intellectuals and others had their computers hacked and evidence planted! If there is no full fleged judicial inquiry into the actions of the various arms of the state that led to the viscious persecution and inhuman behavior, and those who had a hand in it in the midst of a pandemic leading to Fr Swamy's death get exemplary punishment, then justice and democracy are on the road to perdition in our country! Does government realize with dirty politics, it is bending rule of law and lying even in courts, openly stated by Justice J.R. Midha in the Delhi High Court stating this and also that it has been going on with impunity! Government are corrupting the people who will eventually loose complete trust in it. The said Justice also requested that government frame a policy to hold officers accountable like Sikkim and Haryana have!That the government cares least for the common man is seen in the soaring prices of petrol, LPG, essentials, state of roads and civic amenities, children's plight for education etc. The people need to deeply introspect into what kind of India we want!
