Lack of patience defeats rule of law in India

Have Patience. Let the Rule of Law Prevail

There may be many parameters to measure whether a society is civilized or not. But among them, Rule of Law comes first. The society which follows the rule of law would only be considered as a civilized society. The society which does not have the rule of law would be treated as uncivilized, wherein the atmosphere of anarchy, uncertainty, and unrest will prevail. As we Indians are concerned, I am afraid that in spite of having rule of law on paper, due to lack of patience to follow the rule of law, we are paving the way to anarchy, where only selective few would be able to enjoy the fruits of freedom and majority would be facing the brunt.

 Role of Public Servants

Our Constitution says everything needs to be according to the Rule of Law. For example, even to arrest a person who have committed a crime, he or she need to arrested by following the procedure established by law, that is as per rule of law. If things are like this, I wonder why many public authorities/servants are busy in overstepping the rule of law by indulging themselves in illegal activities by taking bribes from the citizens.

 Role of Citizens

Citizens on their part are also not showing any restraint in giving bribe to public authorities in the name of getting things done quickly. Now things in some of the government departments in India have reached up to the level, wherein nothing happens without giving bribe. The reason being, the citizens have made it the habit by giving bribe for getting even the basic thing at various government departments. Sometimes, a citizen even voluntarily extends the bribe to the public servant and the public servants happily accept it as well.

 Reason-Lack of patience among citizens

The incidence of bribery and corruption is keep on rising day by day since people are not having patience enough to let the law do its duty. Most of the citizens even do not care about money. Even the poor who earns his/her livelihood by doing labour work is also not ready to follow the rules and is happy to pay a bribe instead to get his/her work done. If things keep on going like this, then only selective few who have the money and power would be able to live peacefully and the majority will have to pay the price for it.

Therefore, it is our duty to inculcate the habit of the following rule of law with patience and avoid giving bribe to the public authorities. We need to believe that things can be done in a civilized manner by following rule of law and need to strive hard to make it reality and tell the fellow citizens that things can be done as per law.

 Let the rule of law prevail in our country. Jai Hind!!!

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