Panki MLA Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta has raised questions on the mode of unfurling of tricolor this Republic Day celebrated on Sunday.
In his letter to SP Palamu Ajay Linda the first time MLA has written that in charge of Padma police outpost did not unfurl the national flag himself but called in the former MLA Panki Devendra Kr Singh, which is a privilege motion.
In the same vein Mehta has shot off a letter to DC Palamu Shantanu Kr Agrahari wherein he has written that former MLA Devendra Kr Singh was made to unfurl the national flag at Kisan Bhavan, Padma, SBI branch Padma, Janta High School Padma, Community Hall Padma, Primary school Tetaryadeeh , Panchayat Bhavans at Padma and at Bansee.
Mehta said, “I am too happy that Republic Day was celebrated with great fervour in my constituency, but from where comes that Government institutions like school, panchayat bhavans, kisan bhavan, community hall, police outpost etc got their unfurling ceremony by the former MLA.”
The MLA said the best thing would have been if the head or in-charge of these Government institutions had unfurled the national flag but to call in someone having a political badge shows the ulterior motive of the incharge of the government institutions.
He further said how incharge of a police outpost can get the national flag hoisted when he was himself there.
Mehta said were all these done to dance to the tune of the former MLA?
“No official should be any ignorant about the protocol and decency to be shown to the elected representative of the people and here these government institutions have flouted the basic norm of protocol,” Mehta said.
He said, “I have lodged a written complaint to the Speaker of Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha in this connection. I understand DC and SP Palamu will take immediate cognizance of my complaint and apprise me of their findings and actions taken in this regard.”