Dear Neeraj Kumar,
We were quite disappointed to see you 96 hours after the brutal incident, in a press conference. We could make out from your nervousness that you had called the press conference out of desperation, when the demands for your resignation were only growing louder by the hour. We expected that you would at least assure the people, whose safety is your prime duty, about the steps taken by you in enhancing the security of every woman in Delhi. Sadly, your entire talk was focused only on giving yourselves a clean chit and eschewing the responsibility of any sorts.
What frustrated us was the fact that you have shown no remorse on the incident happened, and rather only questioned back the journalists in your self-defense. Well, every person has a right to defend himself, but there has to be a rationale on your arguments. Since we did not find any of that, we are forced to analyze your utterances, in order to analyze your psyche.
You said that if journalists commit mistakes, does the sub-editor or the editors resign? It is a valid question, but the comparison is horribly wrong. If a journalist makes a mistake, the result is that wrong news gets printed or shown in media. But it does not endanger any one’s safety, right? But the mistakes committed by your staff result in someone’s death. What is the punishment given to the policeman who had killed Rajbala? It was a cold blooded murder by a group of policemen against an unarmed lady. We are sure; they are all roaming free till today. What punishment has been given to the policeman who has outraged the psychological modesty of a woman when he mockingly commented to his colleagues in police station, as to who would rape that lady? She was hurt more by that policeman than the person who raped her. He is roaming free. What punishment is given to the policemen who arrested an old man in August 2011 for no crime committed by him and released him within hours fearing a massive backlash of protests? They are roaming free. So, please don’t compare the policemen with journalists. They are two different professions.
You also said that it does not really make a difference whether you are there or not there and that if your resignation helps, you would resign a thousand times. Sir, we honestly appreciate your truthfulness. You have acknowledged the bitter fact that it does not really make a difference whether you are there or not there. The way ordinary people live in fear in Delhi, one wonders whether there is any rule of law existing in Delhi? All your policemen are busy only in protecting the rich and powerful in Delhi. Has any of your staff ever tried to find out the feelings of a common man in Delhi? Never! They look at common man only as a source of revenue by threatening them and collecting fines for small mistakes committed by them. Your staff takes advantage of the fact that the ordinary man abhors police department and frighten him further. The day an ordinary person does not hesitate to enter a police station, you can claim to have done your duty well. Till that day, you have failed.
Finally, you said that why should you be questioned for the bad condition of people? Agreed, we should not hold you responsible. But we would like to remind you that you are getting salary from the tax of same people. Your foremost priority should be to safeguard their interests. Here also, you fail miserably.
Till yesterday we were unhappy with your actions or lack of it… but today you have disappointed us with your words or the flak of it…!
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