Even with Tirupati deity as Prime Minister, India's development without law-order is impossible

At India Today's Karnataka Panchayat 2018, ex-Karnataka DGP Shankar Bidari joined Home Guard IGP D Roopa and Global Concerns India director Brinda Adige for a chat about the state of law enforcement in Karnataka, which elects a new assembly in May.

Bidari lamented what he called a "collapsed" Indian criminal justice system. He said that even with the deity of the Tirupati temple as prime minister, India cannot develop unless its central and state governments enforce law and order.

Bidari's message came shortly after he mentioned the high number of police commissioners Bengaluru has had in the last five years, and the recent acquittal of the accused in the Mangaluru pub attack case.