Overview
- Marking CRPF Valour Day, Rahul Gandhi greeted personnel and pledged to end what he called a discriminatory system that blocks CAPF officers from leading their own forces.
- His statement comes after Parliament approved the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, which creates one framework for personnel across the central forces.
- Gandhi said CAPF troops have the training and field experience needed for command roles and promised timely promotions, leadership opportunities, and better pay and welfare if Congress forms a government.
- The legislation formalises deputation of Indian Police Service officers into senior CAPF roles, with reporting that 50% of Inspector General posts, 67% of Additional Director General posts, and all Special DG and DG positions go to IPS officers.
- Opposition MPs pressed for a joint parliamentary committee and consultations with rank-and-file before changes take hold, while CRPF Valour Day recalls a 1965 stand at Sardar Post in the Rann of Kutch.