Why Police Serve the Party: Dark Truth

10 Key Takeaways

1. Camac Street: KMC officials, accompanied by police, removed an unauthorized billboard outside Abhishek Banerjee's office, resulting in direct stairwell confrontations with leaders like Derek O'Brien.
2. TMC's Allegations of Overreach: Abhishek Banerjee loudly challenged the raid on live video, demanding paperwork and branding officers political puppets, echoing the exact claims opposition leaders have made for years.
3. Political neutrality: The incident highlights the need for police action to remain independent of political affiliation.
4. Deep Historical Roots: Partisan policing in Bengal spans decades, starting with post-Independence actions under Chief Ministers Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (1948 CPI ban, 1959 Food Movement firings) and Prafulla Sen.
5. Siddhartha Shankar Roy's Escalation: The 1970s saw heavy police crackdowns through Naxal purges, custodial encounters, and selective enforcement of MISA and DIR laws.
6. Left Front Cadre-Police Dynamics: Under Jyoti Basu and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, police actions directly aligned with party motives during events like Marichjhapi (1979), Bijon Setu (1982), July 21 (1993), and Singur/Nandigram.
7. Opposition Operational Hurdles: Opposition leaders such as Suvendu Adhikari frequently rely on Calcutta High Court orders to secure basic permissions for meetings and rallies.
8. Targeted Attacks on Opposition Figures: Leaders including Dilip Ghosh, JP Nadda, Sukanta Majumdar, and Shamik Bhattacharya have faced physical assaults and convoy damage while police took minimal protective action.
9. The Cycle of Institutional Coercion: Using law enforcement to control political rivals establishes a dangerous precedent that eventually impacts whoever loses control of state machinery.
10. The Need for Structural Reform: Without deep structural reforms, police departments will remain bound to whichever political party holds administrative power.

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