IT’S OVER: Kiran Bedi, India’s first woman IPS officer,left the office in New Delhi on Wednesday after her plea for premature voluntary retirement was accepted by the Union Government. Hours after the Union Government’s decision to accept her plea for voluntary retirement was made public on Wednesday, the country’s first woman IPS officer lamented the premature end of her 35-year-long illustrious career as “truly not imagined…but necessary to drive home a point”.
“It has been a life worth living. It has been a profession of my soul and heart. And truly, the end it has met was not imagined. But this was what the situation had demanded and it was necessary to drive home a point,” said Kiran Bedi without trying to hide her emotions.
The much talked about Magsaysay Award winner had submitted her application for voluntary retirement this past mid-November saying she wanted to quit in order to pursue her academic and social interests. The Government last week indicated that it would continue to avail itself of her services for its National Police Mission project, but she had rejected the offer saying she was not willing to work “for the Government” any more.
Well this is how the people who are true to their jobs and duty are treated in India.
“It has been a life worth living. It has been a profession of my soul and heart. And truly, the end it has met was not imagined. But this was what the situation had demanded and it was necessary to drive home a point,” said Kiran Bedi without trying to hide her emotions.
The much talked about Magsaysay Award winner had submitted her application for voluntary retirement this past mid-November saying she wanted to quit in order to pursue her academic and social interests. The Government last week indicated that it would continue to avail itself of her services for its National Police Mission project, but she had rejected the offer saying she was not willing to work “for the Government” any more.
Well this is how the people who are true to their jobs and duty are treated in India.
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