By Rabi Raj Thapa Law enforcement and politics are essential, irrevocable and interdependent features of power and are prone to feed on each other for sustenance. However, unwarranted political harangue and political manipulation of state institutions; especially the police personnel have become a marked feature of Nepal Police and its law enforcement mechanism. When it happens, it is bound to impair the democratic freedom and human rights of Nepali people whatever the system whosoever may be the ruler. There is a saying, "Every society gets the politicians and police it deserves". Today it is implied fully in the Nepali context too. Only the question is, ‘how long can Nepali people endure and go on living through such never-ending dilemmas? It seems there is no way to escape from this callous, overbearing, corrupt and unaccountable society unless something drastic step is taken. This is alarming and serious. Recently, Nepal’s Honorable Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung from the UML, who is also the Spokesperson of the Government brazenly abused his position by insulting the chief of Nepal Police IG Basanta Bahadur Kunwar who publicly said he wanted “to yank-out IGP’s tongue”! Paradoxically, when he was the Chief Minister of Gandaki Province, Pokhara in 2019, he heartily praised jail-bird Provincial Assembly member Rajib Gurung, aka Deepak Manage, and compared him to Chu The, a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary of the Chinese Communist Party. Such gimmicks show Nepali leaders' mindsets that inspire goons to aim for higher political positions. Whatever political narrative and successive political career he may have, Rajiv Gurung could not shake his demeanor even after becoming a regional minister six times. Political flatteries spoil the criminals. Now Rajiv Gurung has started to see ministerial low to his status and now he is eying to become the Chief Minister. So he rejected a ministerial portfolio and resigned when he was offered a provincial ministerial post. This is where the political barometer is indicated in Nepal’s civic-military-police relationship.     After the political change of 2006, the Communist parties of Nepal (Maoist) tried to overthrow the Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Rukmangat Katwal and eight generals. Raimajhi Commission suspended chiefs and deputies of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and National Investigation in 2006. UML Defense and Deputy Minister Ishwor Pokharel brazenly made a derogative remark of ‘Street Vendors’ (Lakir ka Fakir)!” to the Chief of the Army Staffs Purna Chandra Thapa in an infamous scandal of OMNI Business Corporate International (OBCI).  (https:rcordnepal.com/the-omni-scandal-and-its-impacts) When law enforcement personnel’s integrity and incorruptibility are tarnished it shows the incompetency of its oversight bodies like the ministry and prime minister’s office as well. It also breeds mistrust, animosity and lack of confidence which is not healthy for any institution. Especially it compels uniformed officers to go to court to seek justice in departmental matters like promotion, birth certificate and transfer. Such practices directly affect the spirit-de-crop and morale of security personnel.  For all these, it is absolutely wrong to throw all the blame on the organization's heads only. Since the political change of 1990, this practice has gone from bad to worse, despite all changes in the political system and its successive government and political leadership. The primary responsibility also lies on the oversight body, i.e. Home Ministry and ultimately the Office of the Prime Minister. To summarize, it is important to remember that many state governments have failed and many institutions perished due to negligence or ignore to read this red line in time.      If such a dilemma continues unabated, the blame will also go to all Nepali voters and their nincompoop elected leaders who shamelessly consume remittance money sent by the poor and hard-working Nepali abroad; who shamelessly borrow loans from foreign governments and international organizations and still indulge in corruption scandals, and thereby drive away frustrated young Nepali to become slaves, if not masters of their destiny in foreign lands irrespective of where they find a job – in the deadly desert or at the Sheik’s mansion.