The Union cabinet has decided to disallow the red beacon on Vehicles from 1st May. It is definitely a welcome move. Our constitution says that all are equal but our top brass politicians and bureaucrats try to display the power and privilege to say that they are more important than others. Now the Govt should bring out an act in parliament to prevent use of red beacons and sirens by officials and non-officials barring vehicles used for emergencies like Ambulances. In fact I see, apart from politicians and officials also use these sirens, on their personal four wheels. Some cops are also using sirens on their personal bikes. RTA authorities are helpless in preventing this till now. Now they can take steps to stop such acts which are causing much inconvenience to the general public. Unauthorised use of "Govt vehicle" boards on four wheelers, should also be stopped. And severe punishment should be given for violations as it disrupts traffic and causes trouble to common man. I hope that the govt will take all measures to make sure our VIPs move among their voters without any special privileges and ensure that it shouldn't end up as publicity stunt.

I appreciate our PM for addressing the issue of VIP culture, we can not forget that there are people like Sena MP Gaikwad, who has been violent with AirIndia staff, despite nation wide condemnation for the same is still being allowed into the Air-India flights. It is a fact that there are many more such Gaikwads in India and we have to see how our Administration deals with such people. We also need to do away with special privileges in trains, airplanes, and other places of worship .