The A’chik Youth Council (AYC), through a memo to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, has sought for legislation to be drawn up that prevents discrimination against policemen, especially by elected leaders of the state.
In a letter sent to the CM on June 18, AYC general secretary Maxbirth Momin felt the role of the police in maintaining the state cannot be overemphasized.
“They work round the clock to protect people’s life and freedoms, maintain public order and prevent criminal activities. As public servants, they renounce their personal contentment and sacrifice their peaceful lives for the general public,” said Momin.
Momin added that despite the positive role played by security forces of the state, some elected leaders fail to recognize their contribution and force them to do even erroneous things, not under the preview of their duty.
“It is a malicious act and an abuse of their position. Some elected members treat them like slaves. Sometimes on duty police personnel were not even given food. They are the public servants, not politicians’ private sputum. No one has the right to consider them as their slaves,” felt Momin.
The AYC general secretary lamented that the state government has failed to provide the basic facilities for police and the security forces.
“The state government failed to provide proper shelter for them to sleep peacefully at night. They still respect the uniform they wear. It is racist to treat them differently. They deserved respect from all and sundry. The government is meaningless without the police and security forces,” he added.
The AYC through the memo has sought that the state government prepare an outline of law (legislation) to preserve the dignity and honour of police and security forces.
