I’m so glad to see that at least one chief minister in this country is taking the issue of security seriously, and doing something about it rather than wait for P Chidambaram and his NSG.
In a controversial move, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh on Friday decided to start recruitment for setting up a police force to guard parks and memorials for Dalit icons without waiting for Governor B L Joshi’s nod for a bill and an ordinance for the same purpose.
“The need for a trained force for the security of these memorials and parks was felt by the government and the state cabinet today decided to recruit ex servicemen to raise a battalion of some 1200 personnel for providing security to nine parks, memorials and museums in Lucknow and NOIDA”, Cabinet Secretary Shahshank Shekhar Singh said here.
I wonder if this elite force will be trained to keep pigeons and crows from crapping all over those statues?
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