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By: Saikat Banerjee
From the time Akhilesh Yadav became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, a lot of criticism has poured in from the various political corridors of the country of him not been able to deal firmly with the lecherous bureaucracy, as well as the negative influence of various mafias and goons of the State.
As of now, it can be said that he has not been completely able to fulfill the expectations of the common folks of Uttar Pradesh, but his immediate action of suspending Sushil, the tainted IAS, who is charged of molesting a girl in the train will surely bring back some faith among the common people of Uttar Pradesh.
The swiftness of the IAS officers has been in question in the recent past with regard to carrying out their work effectively, but this lack of swiftness transformed into utter briskness on October 1, 2012, when about 20 IAS officers of Uttar Pradesh rushed to the Charbagh Railway Station to lobby for their beloved colleague, Shashi Bhushan Lal Susheel, a 2001 IAS officer, who was detained by the GRP for alleged rape bid on a woman passenger while travelling on the Lucknow Mail from New Delhi to Lucknow on September 30, 2012.
These IAS officers, while exerting their influence, tried their best to bail out Susheel, who was not kept in lockup against rules, and directly or indirectly insisted on a compromise with the victim’s family.
The fiasco created by these IAS officers resulted in GRP Anil Rai adopting a softer attitude and he also tried to conceal relevant facts as much as he could to weaken the charges. This later resulted in his suspension.
Later, a case against the officer was lodged by the mother of the victim who is a Google executive at the GRP Police Station in Lucknow junction on Monday morning.
This resulted in the IAS officer being booked under Section 376/511 (attempt to rape/attempt to commit offences punishable to imprisonment for life) and 506 (criminal intimidation) and Section 294 (obscene act and song), Section 354 of the IPC (assault or criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty).
On October 4, 2012 the IAS officer was produced by the GRP in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Railways), A. K. Singh and the court remanded Susheel to 14 days of judicial custody and he was sent to the district jail.
The fact of the matter remains that in this contemporary Indian scenario, the thrust of every Indian is mainly on the Indian politics and on the politicians where everyone is condemning the politicians for the illegal use of their power, which is certainly true to some extent considering the number of scams which has taken place in the recent past and which has resulted in the common people losing faith in the Indian politicians.
The other side of the coin, i.e. the Indian Bureaucracy is hardly in the limelight, where some bureaucrats assume their status to be equal to that of God and indulge in all kinds of malicious and condemnable offence, as is the case with Sashi Bhushan Lal Susheel.
The most astonishing part is that bureaucrats like Susheel are highly educated people and with their sheer hard work and dedication they hold such offices and in spite of this they commit such petty acts, whereas the common folk mainly target the politicians of being uneducated and ill mannered.
The decision by Akhilesh yadav of suspending the tainted IAS has come as a breath of fresh air from the political corridors of Uttar Pradesh, which will certainly, to some extent, help the common people of Uttar Pradesh believe that this action is the beginning of the many positive actions that will be implemented by the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh in the near future.
At last, the question that remains is, Whether IAS Susheel after a fair trial is proven guilty? And if yes, then will the charges leveled against him be really implemented? Will this case be treated on its merit or will it, after creating hype in the media and the political corridors of the country, die out like the many other thousands of cases? Well, all the answers related to this question will be revealed in the time to come.
Saikat Banerjee is an Assistant Professor (Department Of English) at Jaipur National University
E-mail: saikattublu2008@gmail.com
informative and well written.
Well done. The step taken by CM surely restores faith in law. Second last para looks like a SP spokeperson’s para
well my friend Manmohan thank you very much for your valuable comment. I would just like to inform you the fact that i have written this article as a spokeperson of the common public and have presented my views in the most objective way. I think you should also focus on the last para of the article that will help to clear your doubts.
Mr. Saikat,
As a common man you can only hope and so you can’t be sure and say SP WILL implement. You can’t be 100% sure that SP is going to do that. Your para (in the question) rather giving an impression of hope, gives a surity of SP’s future action. As Akhilesh got the CM’s post in inheritence and so the criminals around him (17 ministers in his cabinet have criminal background – Reference: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-16/lucknow/31201146_1_azam-khan-samajwadi-party-criminal-case). If he is too much determined to provide good governance then he should have denied them the ministerial post but we know that it had been difficult for him too do that as they are part of his father’s legacy (we all know how did the criminals make a way to politics/ SP and why SP lost 2007 election) and he has some obligatory duty towards them. Now comes the second option for him to sweep the dirt being in the system but looks like its diffcult for him to carry the legacy obligation and act on it (Reference: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/goonda-raj-in-up-akhilesh-withdraws-cases-against-criminal-ministers/1/209711.html, http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/chief-medical-officer-s-abduction-after-minister-s-resignation-top-officials-transferred-279383) but lets hope and see if its worthy to hope.
Though the action taken by CM is appreciable but these kind of cases generally become weak with lapse in time. The victim either withdraws complain under life threat and the accused either roam as a free bird. It will be interesting to see how Akhilesh Yadav protects the law and order in the interest of common people. The attempt by the author to highlight such issue deserve appreciation.
Its utter non-sense when a newspaper is used as advertizing campaign…….The whole media is a talking about rise of crime in UP and ut is going other way….very shameful but quite upto its standards I guess.
I hope you are not up to date my friend…….You read only spicy stories it seems…..but if you have time go through the blog of HT I think you have heard of it….I guess. Its very easy to point flaws in the system but it takes a bit courage to protest in a genuine way …….. think about the victimized girl as a person you know then you can feel the turmoil she had undergone ……and I dont know what will happen next but her tarnished dignity is surely protected by the law makers…….irony of fate is that the accused s also the most high rated civilian who is supposed to be a law maker, an IAS officer but in this circumstances he appeared as a demon.
I think my dear friend is not updated about the present political scenario and the reformative steps by the young CM. So, dear pls brush up your general knowledge instead of reading only masala news before commenting.
Well done! Saikat for “Well Done! Akhilesh Yadav . Yeah , politicians are to be blamed but not all politicians — this is proved by Akhilesh, and IAS officers are to be praised but not all IASs , this is proved by that IAS officer — A good leader says , Not follow me, but Follow me well! that is what done by Akhilesh and brought by you here. Once again , well done, Saikat, be blessed. ——
we indians have a quality to criticise those people who do good to soceity .. instead of appreciating what akhilesh yadav did in present they are more focused towards the future that “these cases generally become weak with lapse in time” .why cant we appreciate these things? why we try to find mistakes in others ?
” before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.”
The whole media is a talking about rise of crime in UP” as one of my friend quoted above …..dear what i think is we should here appreciate saikat bannerjee who tried his best to find one positive thought in an entire army of negative thoughts.we should make people aware of postive happenings of the society ,through such kind of updates and news .great job @ saikat banerjee ,udaipur times
Honestly I was in agreement with most of your comments that he should be given a chance, well I gave him but he failed to an extent. I hoped that unlike his father and his party he would not become a bad politician but his recent outburst shows that in future all of you along with me will be disappointed….but if you are becoming happy with such news piece then I have to feel sorry for you because may be you have not learned yet.
My intention like yours is just that the “worst state after Bihar” should become the best state in India so let us not fight and be short-sighted.
well written . u are absolutely right.
this is a horrible crime by the IAS officer, AND akhilesh yadav prooved – if anyone do this crime ya any other crime.. they are punished in every ways……..well done u r absolutely right…….
i think….this article is knowledgeble for ….. every one ….those . who have saw this article!!!!…
When i was kid my G.K teacher Shiya Nand ji asked me “what is your aim to study” . And i simply reply him that “main padh likh k ek acha insan baunga ” . it hard to believe that our country most educated person (IAS) are committing such petty action ——- ye toh tai ho gaya ki pad likh aap jaruri nahi ki achey insan bano. Atankwadi bi highly educated hotey hai par achey insan ni ——. Not understanding that till now there are thousands of who just dream to get high education and if someone get this chance then he is using it in wrong way .
Moral: Jaruri nahi ki padhey likehey insan desh ka acha karey . uskey liye sirf or sirf “INSANIYAT” honi chahiye.
According to me these guys should make stand in row naked and shoot them in public without any hegitation. Even it is not pridictable that these person will get their punishment for their offense or not. as Mr. Corruption will say “abhi main jinda hoon or ye Idia hai.”
being an IAS he does a pathetic work, but what CM did is commendable .hoping that Akhilesh yadav may continue this in future .
Its the highest position in indian constitution …..this crime should not blame the designation else the person should be critcise …I dnt know why all my freins are criticsing the post …the crime is equal for a clerk nd I as. ……
thanks
thanks the talented writer
you are absolutely right.the steps taken by up cm is well appreciated……………
Completely agree with the writer except the unduly credit given to Mr. CM. Many of the readers may not be aware of the fact that the concerned IAS has a tag attached with earliar regime. Unexpected haste shown by CM was a result of this very fact. I would be really delighted when CM exhibits similiar promptness in the cases where near and dear ones of his father are involved.