NOT content with the murder politics and orgy of violence let loose against RSS cadres and political opponents and the amendment to the police act aimed at regulating physical training (primarily targeting RSS shakhas), the CPM in Kerala has invented yet another scheme named "People's Police Scheme", primarily for targeting political opponents like RSS in the ward/panchayat level.

Under the scheme a committee will be formed at every panchayat/ward level headed by a headconstable with members of the political parties (read CPM) as committee members. This committee will investigate petty crimes etc and will impart justice. Although the proclaimed aim of the scheme is to improve relations between people and the police through the idea of community policing, it needs no astrologer to find out the sinister design behind this scheme. Just as the People's Plan Scheme and the Manaviyam Cultural Scheme ultimately became CPM controlled and dominated. Similarly the People's Police Scheme will also be one controlled exclusively by the CPM. The CPM and its feeder organisations like DYFI, SFI and CITU would dominate these committees and use it for political vengence against RSS and BJP cadres. Through this scheme the ward level CPM leadership and cadres would have total control over the Police Administration paving the way for return of the cell rule practised during the rule of EMS Nampoodiripad's Communist Ministry. Thus eventually the People's Police Scheme would become a Commnist nay Marxist Police Scheme.

The Chief Minister Shri E.K. Nayanar had announced this scheme without discussing it either in the cabinet or within the LDF. Neither has the Congress-led UDF nor have other political parties been informed of this scheme. Already 17 DYSPS and 17 circle inspectors have been imparted training under this scheme.

Most of the coalition partners of the CPM are opposed to this scheme. The CPI is particularly against this scheme, since for long CPM cadres and police have been targeting cadres of the CPI at various pockets in Kerala. The CPI considers this scheme an attempt by the CPM big brother to browbeat coalition partners into submission.

The BJP State President Shri C.K. Padmanabhan has strongly opposed the scheme describing it as CPM's agenda to wrest control of police functions. He added that this would deliver the police administration to the regional leaders of the CPM marking the beginning of cell rule.

The leader of the opposition Shri A.K. Antony has described this scheme as unconstitutional and anti-national. Moreover it involves amending the Police Act and Criminal Procedure Code which requires expert judicial advice. He also warned that if the People's Police Scheme comes into being it would be equal to entrusting law and order in the panchayat level to the CPM. He vowed that the UDF would with all its might oppose the scheme vehemently.

What is ironic is the Chief Minister E.K. Nayanar's statement that this scheme is being done on the lines of community police done in the USA. Why should the CPM invoke the American example when it loses no opportunity to oppose the imperialist policies of the US day in and day out?