A low-down of the analysis
of the performance-records of all the Human Rights Commissions at the level of
the Centre or the States indicates that they have proved to be white-elephants.
The judges and bureaucrats who have been cynosures of the government of the day
are accommodated in govt. positions out of gratitude. Why people like Justices
A.K Ganguly, A.P Shah, Kapadia and others do not fit into the consideration-zone
of the governments? Why controversial persons are appointed chairpersons/members
of various commissions? All this game of quid pro quo by governments impairs
the sanctity of the institutions they had manned in discharge of their
constitutional responsibilities. It is high time governments stopped
distributing post-retirement sinecure sops particularly to holder of
constitutional posts.
There is no need to have so
many commissions if governance is carried out efficiently and without
corruption. The Rule of Law if strengthened can effectively obviate the need to
run myriad of such useless commissions at the cost of huge public money.
Today I see that the Bihar
Human Rights Commission has taken up the case of a Hindi news paper correspondent
allegedly beaten up by a B.E.O. Only a few days back another journalist
associated with English daily was treated with alacrity and the local police
was taken to task in an exemplary manner by this commission.
Is the Commission not aware
of the fact that the electronic and print media run by corrupt and wealthy
industrialists or business men are themselves a law unto themselves? Does it
also not know that people flaunt “PRESS” stickers on their vehicles? Are
some of the journalists not blackmailers extorting money from officers and
wealthy people? Was the congress M.P and big industrialist Jindal not black
mailed for crores of money by a media channel?
For God’s sake if
the Commission is so dedicated to protecting human rights worth its salt to poor Indians money then, go and
protect the deprived thousands persecuted by police and administration. Leave
these journalists, they are very powerful people. If at all it is interested I
will provide evidence about the corrupt press people.
