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Delhi Violence: Questions on governance



The communal violence in north east Delhi is getting worse and the police must clamp down on them.
Delhi is witnessing one of the worst clashes in its history.  Just a few miles away from the central vistas, from where the Government of India runs, the North Eastern Delhi is burning in tthe communal clashes that has claimed more than 20 lives till now and has left more than 190 people are seriously injured. A head constable Ratan Lal has also lost his life.The clashes become more violent when the mob of anti-CAA protesters and pro-CAA demonstrators took over the parts of the city wielding canes, swords, revolvers, iron rods, sticks and weapons. Delhi police have proved themselves inefficient in responding to the situation.
It’s also claimed that the Delhi Police has acted in a very partisan way and allowed the situation to become even worse. Many videos are circulating on the Social Media platforms in which it can be seen that the police allowed the mob to act freely, collecting stones. A disturbing video recorded by some police officials beating the mob and forcing gthem to sing ‘National Anthem’ and ‘National Song’. 
The eruption of violence in North East Delhi on Monday and Tuesday was not abrupt and unexpected. This has been in the making for weeks.


The arson and violence around the Jamia University on December 16, to which the Delhi police responded indiscriminately by entering the campus and unleashing violence on students inside the campus. 
The Delhi police also stood passively when a group of masked goons entered inside the JNU campus and beated the students entering rooms in the hostel on January 5. The masked goons have also been identified through pictures but no one has been arrested yet.
The Delhi police also did nothing when a gunman opened fire at the anti-CAA protesters marching towards Rajghat from Jamia Nagar on January 30, the martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi.

This tense situation has turned into conflagration when mobs formed on communal lines took on each other on Sunday. Properties of innocent people have been burnt in the communal clashes and many innocent people lost their loved ones. Both sides complain that calls were made to the police since Sunday but there was no effective intervention. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla inexplicably characterised the situation as “fully under control”, as chaos and violence spread through Monday.


The inefficiency and inaction of the Delhi police is linked to varying grades of the action of provoking unlawful behaviour and silent consent to communal mobilisation by the BJP that is in power at the Centre. Law and order and policing in Delhi are the responsibility of the Union Home Ministry. Speeches of Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Delhi Assembly election campaign were clearly meant to encourage communal polarisation. Lower rung leaders like Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma, Tajinder pal Bagga and Kapil Mishra acted on promp and turned Delhi into a communal cauldron over recent months. The failing efficiency shown by those who control the Central and State governments in Delhi has been proved as they cannot enforce elementary law and order right under their nose. Communal violence any time, anywhere happens only due to the inefficiency or desire of those in power. The Prime Minister and Delhi Chief Minister must prove their efficiency and administrative skills by clamping down on violence, whatever it takes. It’s a good step taken now to shoot any vigilante seen on the streets causing harm to public property or trying to incite violence. There shouldn’t be politics on this issue and immediate steps should be taken to restore peace and communal harmony in the city.
If the Delhi police can't handle the situation, then curfew should be imposed in the Capital and Army should be introduced in the city to control Law and Order situation. 

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