The British did not do anything in India for Indians. Even educating us was done to sustain a bureaucracy designed to better rape India. So when the Indian Administrative Services were initiated, it was definitely not to serve the Indians. The IAS officers were brown clones of the Gora Sahibs with all the hangups. The British left but they left these Bhura sahibs to continue their traditions. Now the same IAS officers are being used by our corrupt politicians to systematically rob the nation. Of course these babus are willing partners in that robbery. Before we go any further, let us take a look at two key provisions in the sytem. As per Wikipedia:1. The Constituent Assembly of India intended that the bureaucracy should be able to speak out freely, without fear of persecution or financial insecurity as an essential element in unifying the nation.
2. While the respective State Governments have control over them they can not censure or take disciplinary action against IAS and other All India Services officers without consulting the Union Government(Central) and the UPSC.
Our shameless and corrupt politicians have no respect for laws of the society or humanity let alone the constitution. A good officer is hounded and transferred around until he or she relents. Of course the other side of the coin is that a corrupt babu cannot be punished. Wow! What a system! Does this sound like a system, which would serve the aam aadmi in anyway at all?
Ideally the system should work and it does to a large extent. If it were not for the smart IAS officers, our ministries often ruled by abject morons will cease to function. That way a lot of governance is due to the IAS officers. However, they do not seem to be accountable to anyone and are often law unto themselves in their own realms. The IAS officers are setting records as far as stealing is concerned. There are officers with hundreds of crores of illegal wealth all over the country. They use the government machinery for personal use without any inhibition or fear. Their wives use official cars and “chapraasis” like their personal property. Recently, one of these heartless harpies slapped a policewoman when refused a pass to watch cricket.
Dan Rostenkowski was one of the most powerful Congressmen in the US who was sent to prison for scam worth $50,000 worth of stamps and misuse of official vehicles. Imagine. If we were to impose our laws with that degree of strictness, then almost all our class 1 officers would be behind bars.
The point to ponder is – how does a smart and idealistic (I am assuming that all young people have some degree of ideals) person degenerates into their current avatar? I guess it is the system, which takes them in and chews them into the corrupt crooks that we see now.
I have no suggestions, only concerns. The system, which was founded, to rule and rape India needs to be re-invented. Accountability needs to be imposed. The guilty must be fired and punished. Meritorious must be rewarded and promoted. Just like the rest of us. The IAS officers should not become demigods. They are public servants. They should never forget that.
The slap-gate report can be read at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/IAS-officers-wife-held-for-slapping-cop/articleshow/11694623.cms
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