To give development a new pace in the State, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the officials would be made accountable for the developmental schemes and their efforts would be recorded in their annual performance report. “All the officials who have done good work and have contributed in the developmental process of the state deserve a pat and it should be recorded in their annual performance report,” Yadav said while calling the bureaucrats to give new momentum to on-going development process in the state.
The Chief Minister directed that all the government’s programme and schemes should be implemented by the districts besides announced that the government would fill the vacancies in government offices so that work of development and welfare schemes gets accelerated in the State. Addressing the senior bureaucrats of the state after inaugurating the annual IAS Week here on Friday, Yadav said bureaucrats are the face of the government and they are responsible for development and other matters in the state. “The officers should ensure that all the budgetary provision for the coming fiscal is spent on time and quality work is ensured,” he said.
Yadav said law and order issue was the most important agenda of the government and it was the duty of the district magistrates and the police superintendents to maintain peace in their area. “All the DMs should sit in the offices every day from 10am to 12pm to solve the problems of the people as 90 per cent of the problems of the people are related to tehsil or block. Besides the officials should be serious during the tehsil diwas while all the directions given by the CM’s office to the districts should be implemented immediately,” the CM said.
On the occasion, the CM appreciated the officials of UPEDA for acquiring required land for the Agra-lucknow expressway without any hassle. He also lauded the revenue board chairman and principal secretary social welfare for implementing the Samajwadi Pension scheme for 40 lakh families in the state. later, the members of the IAS Association, had the lunch at the residence of the CM hosted by chief minister.
BOX WITH THE COPY+
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav kicked up a small political storm by showing a video clipping of an officer taking bribe during on-going IAS Weekon Friday. Yadav, while addressing the officers on the inaugural session of the IAS week here, showed a video clip of a BDO taking bribe which was sent to him on his WhatsApp account.
Reacting sharply on the chief minister’s move to embarrass the IAS community, spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janta Party state unit, Chandra Mohan, termed it as a Rschildish act’ on part of Akhilesh Yadav and demanded that the Chief Minister should disclose the name of the officer who was in the video clip and what action has been taken against the said officer. He further questioned that why was the CM waiting for the IAS week to show the clipping. “UP police had been showing several video clippings about their claims in controlling crime and now CM too have taken the same route to get publicity,’’ Mohan said.
On the other hand, Congress spokesperson, Amarnath Agarwal too raised suspicion over the video clipping. ‘’The CM has all the power then why was he showing the clipping without taking any action against the said officer,’’ Agarwal questioned.