Delhi police coming under city govt will be very unfortunate: Top cop
July 24, 2015  21:21
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In his strongest assertion amid his ongoing tussle with the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation, top cop B S Bassi today said it would be a "very unfortunate" day in the history of the capital if the Delhi police comes under the city government and its functioning under the Centre's jurisdiction was "perfect".   

"It will be a very unfortunate day in the history of Delhi. As a citizen of Delhi I can say it would be a bad fortune for Delhi. They (AAP) have the right to make apolitical demand. It is political posturing. And as a citizen of Delhi I have the right to say this is not right for Delhi citizens," Bassi said.   

Justifying his point, he said that under the present arrangement where it is under the Union government, it does not have to face any "local vested interest" as the prime minister or home minister have no stake.   

"The present system is the best. No prime minister has any vested interest in Delhi unless belongs to Delhi. I have not seen any PM having any local interest in Delhi during my long career. Every prime minister would want progress of Delhi but he will not have any local vested interest. Generally any home minister also will not have any local vested interest in Delhi," he told PTI in an interview.
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