Q: Is this an attempt to fit in their own favourites?A: Of course all governments do it. They have already shown their intention by not making Sheelvardhan the next IB Chief, who deserved the post.The point is the latest amendments are only an extension of a process of trampling all the rules and not caring for parliament. All top appointees are on extension. The Chiefs of the IB and RAW have already crossed their two-year extension provision. But they continue in their posts. Just a month or two before their retirement, they announce an extension that makes a mockery of the system.All this is very disappointing for me. As a democratically elected government, they should take Parliament into confidence and tell people that this is their decision and why they are doing it.Q: Do you think the government should go in for reforms of the Indian Police Act of 1861, which has been pending for a long time to establish the rule of law and win the confidence of the people. Today they are imposing charges like sedition and other acts which should have been thrown out.A: That is another subject. Police reforms should go beyond the four or five points that the Supreme Court suggested. They are important but we also have to see that the police fulfil the expectations of the people, it becomes more sophisticated, technically advanced, have forensic expertise and have strong Cybercrime units. The states are reluctant to invest in police reforms because they don’t have funds for it and are dependent on the Centre.
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