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The statement by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi that the people of North India take pride in violating law may rub us North Indians the wrong way, but is true never-the-less. His assertion that there is much better compliance of law in South India and that too without any external pressure is also a statement of fact that none should find offensive. A simple statistic of tabulating the crimes committed in the two parts of the country may not paint a correct picture. We all know how difficult it is to get a ‘First Information Report’ (FIR) filed. However, it would not be too difficult to gather accurate figures of peoples’ representatives, the politicians, facing charges for almost every crime covered by the law. That should sufficiently support Mr Tejendra Khanna’s opinion.
Considering that Mr Tejendra Khanna is the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and has made the statement as a self criticism with a clear aim to alter the situation for the better, any attempt to discourage him would also mean placing false pride before reality and reinforcing elements opposed to rule of law in the capital and North India. It does hurt to be branded as people who do not follow the law of the land, but it would be foolish not to see the writing on the wall and appreciate someone who is willing to usher in a change for the better. Is it not better than Laloo Yadav, when he was the chief minister of Bihar, and Mayawati, the present chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, shouting themselves hoarse that law and order situation in their states was/ is simply great? North Indians are smart enough not to adopt a ‘head in the sand’ attitude that critics of the Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna would have us do.
The statement by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi that the people of North India take pride in violating law may rub us North Indians the wrong way, but is true never-the-less. His assertion that there is much better compliance of law in South India and that too without any external pressure is also a statement of fact that none should find offensive. A simple statistic of tabulating the crimes committed in the two parts of the country may not paint a correct picture. We all know how difficult it is to get a ‘First Information Report’ (FIR) filed. However, it would not be too difficult to gather accurate figures of peoples’ representatives, the politicians, facing charges for almost every crime covered by the law. That should sufficiently support Mr Tejendra Khanna’s opinion.
Considering that Mr Tejendra Khanna is the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and has made the statement as a self criticism with a clear aim to alter the situation for the better, any attempt to discourage him would also mean placing false pride before reality and reinforcing elements opposed to rule of law in the capital and North India. It does hurt to be branded as people who do not follow the law of the land, but it would be foolish not to see the writing on the wall and appreciate someone who is willing to usher in a change for the better. Is it not better than Laloo Yadav, when he was the chief minister of Bihar, and Mayawati, the present chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, shouting themselves hoarse that law and order situation in their states was/ is simply great? North Indians are smart enough not to adopt a ‘head in the sand’ attitude that critics of the Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna would have us do.
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