Government assessed by public based mostly on police actions additionally: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

By PTI

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A authorities can also be assessed based mostly on the actions of the police and due to this fact, the drive ought to at all times act conserving in thoughts the perfect pursuits of most people, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan mentioned on Thursday.

“You (police) deal with the people very closely and the government is assessed by the people based on how you perform your duties. Therefore, your duties should be performed keeping in mind the interests of the general public,” the Chief Minister mentioned in his on-line speech on the passing out parade of two,362 police personnel.

He additionally mentioned that the target of ‘Nava Keralam’ can solely be achieved if there was an surroundings of peace and communal concord within the state and to make sure that, the police have an enormous function to play. “Therefore, you all should take up the responsibility very seriously,” he advised the newly inducted officers.

He additionally mentioned that the current batch of officers have been supplied quite a lot of coaching to cope with the altering occasions and the brand new challenges — like COVID-19 — successfully, as they had been posted in varied wards in the course of the prevailing pandemic. “As a result, you (officers) have been able to watch closely how things work,” the Chief Minister mentioned.