OP-ED Who will put YSRs CMO in order? Dilip Cherian Tension between powerful chief ministers and the rest of the babu system under them is par for the course. But the staff at the chief ministers office in Andhra Pradesh seem to be working doubly hard these days by issuing orders and then annulling them. So, if their detractors are to be believed, it is twice as much work, or double the mess, depending on which way you look at it. Coordination between the CMO and the collectors in various districts is conspicuously missing and chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddys reputation for teamwork has by now been ground to dust. The most recent example of the confusion that reigns in the CMO was the controversial order (GO Rt 938) last month that sought to gag the media. The order was subsequently buried three days later, in the wake of all-round condemnation and progressively weak denials emanating from the CMO. The state chief secretary was asked to conduct an inquiry and is believed to have submitted his report to the chief minister. It remains to be seen what action is taken considering that the controversial order was vetted by a senior functionary in the CMO. But observers relate several such tales of the lack of cohesiveness and communication in Reddys administration. And most of these, embarrassingly for Reddy, can be traced back to the CMO. They recall the incident of police firing in the Gangavaram port controversy, wherein due to poor connect between the CMO and the Vizag district administration, the CM was caught unawares and his belated response did not win him any admirers. In another instance involving the Visakhapatnam collector, Praveen Prakash, Reddy had to personally intervene and revoke an order that sought to gag two Telugu dailies. Again the YSR government seems to have been caught napping on the issue of the chikungunya epidemic, the existence of which it admitted after almost two months. Then last year, the chief minister ordered the en masse transfer of 73 IAS officers, but then had to backtrack. Three years into his administration, Reddy needs to heed these signals his own system is sending out to him. He clearly needs to set his own CMO in order before he can expect the states babus to push his developmental schemes. Christians is becoming outdated religion in Western World Just as unwanted and outdated technology of the west is passed on to India, similarly, Christianity that has become an unwanted religion for the westerners is being planted and propagated in our land by these missionaries. It is an urgent need of the hour that Hindus unite and make efforts to stop them. O Hindus! Beware of thesecrafty Christians who devise shrewd plans such as musical events to attract the Hindu Community!
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:56:50 +0000
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