By TCN News
New Delhi: Welfare Party of India(WPI) strongly criticised sacking of IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt. Bhatt was terminated on August 13 by the Home Ministry following a recommendation from the Gujarat Government.
The Gujarat government sought Bhatt’s removal on 11 charges, including: “staying absent from duty unauthorizedly, defying orders of superior officer (DG & IGP), taking custody of log book from lawfully authorized government servants, retaining official vehicle belonging to other officers unauthorizedly, retaining custody of government assets unauthorizedly, misbehaving with government servants…”
Mr. Bhatt contends that his removal is because of him standing up to Narendra Modi when he was the chief minister of the state. Mr. Bhatt had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court of India accusing Modi of complicity in the 2002 Gujarat riots that took the lives of more than 1000 people, mostly Muslims. In the affidavit, he had also revealed of the controversial meeting wherein Modi, then Gujarat chief minister had asked top police officials “to let Hindus vent out their anger against minority community” in the wake of the Godhra incident.
Dr. SQR Ilyas, National president of the WPI in a press statement said that the punitive action showed that sincerity and upholding constitutional obligations and official responsibilities are not welcome in Modi era. The BJP led Modi government is afraid of transparency and dissenting voices against its corporate friendly and communal policies.
That is why it is hunting Greenpeace and their chief campaigner Priya Pillai, Teesta and her husband Javed. If unchecked and controlled this will be the fate to happen for all. Hence it is need of the hour that all secular-democratic forces come together and resist the central government’s fascist policies and anti-democratic actions. The central government must immediately roll back termination of Sanjeev Bhatt, the statement demanded.