The Role of White Collar Crime in Public Governance Author Rule of law, Politicians, Police, Criminals, Democracy. The politicians, police and criminal nexus in India has resulted in loss of principles of the rule of law. Rule of law which is the primary pillar of a democracy is being shaken by such a nexus. The politicians who are elected are expected to work for those in griefs and not for their own greed. This is what is not observed. Promises that are made during elections are never kept. The poor and the needy get swayed away by such promises, and thereby lose their most powerful weapon of voting. Once power is achieved, greed of the politicians overpowers the problems of the citizens. International Journal of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Commerce 2026-01-06 Text application/pdf 10.65919/ijahssc.2026.v2i1002 en