The recent candid concern expressed bluntly by our Supreme Court over the inaction of the CBI, Intelligence Bureau and the Police in acting against threats to the trial Court judges only exposes the sordid state of affairs. It is impermissible that guardians of the Temples of Justice be under threat and duress. If this is the sad plight of judges, one can only imagine how unsafe the common man is.
The Election Commission and the Reserve Bank are some other vital institutions whose autonomy also stands blatantly ruptured and sadly compromised. With the exception of a few conscientious officials who care for the Rule of law, the bureaucracy having lost all its independence and having become very partisan and slanted the future remains bleak. The world’s largest democracy is at crossroads while we are witnessing an undeclared state of emergency where the basic tenets of our Constitution of India lie in absolute peril.
Today on Independence Day there is a lot to ponder and worry about while our nation is ebbing away from Democracy. We are far from being truly free, and we may never be, unless we are unchained from this current failing and faltering political system that is corroded.
Let us today vow to work dedicatedly towards unitedly and untiringly ensuring a truly Independent and democratic India. This was the hope and aspiration of our founding fathers who had painstakingly drafted the Constitution of India which is now sadly being breached with impunity.
