‘I think the Law Ministry of the Government has gone to sleep’, says Mahua Moitra

I think the Law Ministry of the Government has gone to sleep, Mahua Moitra said.

The Supreme Court ruled that an Act cannot overrule a judgment, she says, adding that the government is overruling the judgment with a rule.

“The State is killing the officer morale with structural stagnation, and then you’re expecting that will yield excellence,” she further says.

438 personnel killed themselves in the last three years, that is nearly 150 suicides on average in a year, she further says. 50% increase has been witnessed among CAPF officers in 2025.

The IPS deputation has been weaponised against the Opposition during the election, she further says. “Officers have been transferred from W.B., saying that they are the agents of TMC. You have brought in IPS officers from the IPS-ruled States to control CAPF in Bengal,” she says.

In West Bengal, there are 2,500 CAPF companies today, which is 2.5 lakh soldiers on the ground. They are controlled by one key player — Shalabh Mathur, who joined IPS just two months ago,” she further says.