Starting New Era With Old Worn Out Steps

By: Feb 3rd, 2018 12:36 am

Himachal This Week

When Jai Ram Thakur took over as the new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, everyone expected fresh thinking and start of new style of a gentleman leader. No doubt lavish celebrations seemed to be getting controlled but soon the same caravan of cars, same garlands and same announcements are seemingly order of the day.

Shifting of officers have beaten all records by effecting transfers and postings of the officers. Soon we saw police officers and administrative officers running from post to post searching the new abodes. Same PWD sub division office opened or a tehsil office announced in a new location. Some people recall Yogi Adityanath who announced his programme in ten days or Captain Amarinder Singh who issued instructions of new style of delivering results soon. Himachal has suffered a lot due to Model Code of conduct and also allegedly due to poor governance. The hilly state has suffered a lot and there is an urgent need to revive the action on pending issues as well to take new steps, political observers feel. Nothing happened even and the Union Budget did not reflect anything new for the state.

So far the Chief Minister is making general statements that he will look into matter or he will do whatever is best. In addition, he has hope of Center sanctioning his projects including rail road or air connections. Chief Minister must lead from front and direct all ministers to submit time bound programmers. Strong followup and tough appraisal is needed and let people not work in familiar laid back style, political observers add. Jai Ram has the reputation for integrity and honest work. It is high time that he applies his virtues to performance of bureaucracy in the state by making them accountable and time bound delivery of results, they add.

Millions of hopes are tied to new Chief Minister and it is high time for him to frame a small core groups which should create the agenda for action in 120 days. Let there be a mahapanchyat of all stake holder representative to evaluate the agenda after this time target. A ceremonial session of Dharmashala should have been a warming up session, political observers point out.


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