The incident of slapping a police officer on duty in public by the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is an act of taking the law in to hands and a grave offence showing his political might and rowdyism. The incident has attracted wide criticism across the nation as there is already a talk that the TMC chief supports and backs the public offences done by her kith and kin.
It is more surprising that a responsible minister in her government by name Firhad Hakim, representing Trinamul Congress Party, terming the incident as a small and simple one and supporting it saying, such incidents of scuffles between drivers and cops is a common thing in all cities of the country.
The W.B CM's nephew, Akash Banerjee, drove his car on the wrong side of the road yesterday and was stopped by a traffic police man on duty. Angered at this he slapped the police man and was later arrested for that serious crime.
Common people in the country are having a feeling of insecurity and fear as that the rich and the influential are taking the law in their hands and acting rudely ridiculing the rules of the land. The coalition governments that are afraid of their arrogant and rude allies are not in a position to take stern action on the guilty for the fear of 'with-drawing support' ...!
It is more surprising that a responsible minister in her government by name Firhad Hakim, representing Trinamul Congress Party, terming the incident as a small and simple one and supporting it saying, such incidents of scuffles between drivers and cops is a common thing in all cities of the country.
The W.B CM's nephew, Akash Banerjee, drove his car on the wrong side of the road yesterday and was stopped by a traffic police man on duty. Angered at this he slapped the police man and was later arrested for that serious crime.
Common people in the country are having a feeling of insecurity and fear as that the rich and the influential are taking the law in their hands and acting rudely ridiculing the rules of the land. The coalition governments that are afraid of their arrogant and rude allies are not in a position to take stern action on the guilty for the fear of 'with-drawing support' ...!
