The letter highlights the pivotal role civil servants play in implementing laws and policies, which must be executed impartially to ensure the public’s confidence in government neutrality. Permitting civil servants to associate with political organizations—especially those with a distinct political agenda—risks compromising this essential impartiality. Civil servants are not elected, and so should not have the power to determine policy, independently of the elected. However, Indian democracy has to be tolerant and allow all kinds of ideologies to exist, including those who do not believe in democracy. Here is the first interim report of commission- Privatisation: An Affront to the Indian Constitution.

Source: Mint November 18, 2024 12:27 UTC