Home Minister Rawal argued that that he had run the home administration for just nine months and his predecessors were equally to blame for the security situation now. [break]
Rawal was responding to members of the Parliamentary State Affairs Committee (SAC) who visited police headquarters for an inspection. The SAC members had inquired of Minister Rawal and senior police officials about the overall security situation in the country.
According to a SAC member present, Home Minister Rawal was in a very angry mood during the entire eight-hour long meeting. He responded to the lawmakers´ questions in a harsh manner, prompting Maoist lawmaker Amrita Thapa Magar to demand an apology.
Thapa Magar said the home minister had insulted the SAC members with his harsh answers to their questions.
In a fit of anger, Minister Rawal sought the resignation of a senior police officer who had filed an application demanding security at police headquarters. The police officer serving at headquarters had filed the application a few days ago after he received death threats over the phone from an unknown caller.
“There is no need for such an officer,” one SAC member quoted Home Minister Rawal as saying. “He can resign and stay at home.”
On the occasion, Police chief Ramesh Chand complained that lack of timely amendment in the Police Act has hampered effective law and order in the country.
During the meeting with the SAC members at police headquarters, police chief Chand complained that the Police Act of 2012 BS was still in force.
Chanda also said that the 30-year service term was grossly misused by political parties to serve their own interests. According to a lawmaker present at the meeting, the police chief complained that one political party comes into power and enforces the 30-year service term and another party comes into power later and revokes that decision to meet its partisan interests.
Chanda said that the police were facing a big challenge as competent police officers are given retirement in the interest of the political party in power.
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