Ego clash
A top civic official has gone on long leave due to his differences with the minister of relevant department. But do you know why this official has dared to lock horn with the minister? It is because the official does not want to please the minister by sycophancy, but by his performance that, according to him, always traverses the best mark. The minister does not like his attitude. He wants the official to condescend before him as others do. The minister has even threatened the official that his headstrong demeanour would land him someday on remote woodlands of the state. The official remains unmoved by such ‘transfer threats’. He says he was on deputation in the municipal corporation and he would not mind if the minister would send him back to his parent department. At work, this official has gained popularity due to his dedication towards given tasks. He has also earned distinction in formulating solutions of urban issues and the municipal is completely dependent on him on some of its centrally-sponsored projects. Hence, one fine day, when the minister reiterated the same archaic sentence, the official smiled derisively and went on long leave in search of mental peace.
High income
There are a couple of officials in the RMC who are illustrious (or notorious?) because of their high income. The stories of these officials are being dramatically narrated in the municipal corridors. You simply ask anybody in the RMC about the actual income of these officials (or precisely corrupt staff) and your eyes will dilate when the monetary figures will resonate in your ears like a clang of distant bells. One such high-earning official has recently been rebuked by the mayor when she discovered that he had deliberately manipulated many of her decisions without her knowledge. The mayor later revealed that he had also manipulated the decisions of Mayor-in-Council (MiC) on the instructions of his bosses. But this official is stolid. He always focuses on his target and does not mind if he gets humiliated. He maintains a low profile and did not complain even when he got small dingy office room because he spends majority of his precious time in clinching ‘big deals’. Another official, who gathers money even with his eyebrows, has occupied the top post of one department for several years. He has developed expertise in extracting money from garbage. He was reaping abundant sum during the tenure of former mayor because he had developed excellent rapport with the decision-makers. Now, with the arrival of new mayor, he had to change many of his ‘strategies’ and ‘tie-ups’. Recently, he has also got show-cause notice from municipal commissioner. Anticipating the flow of air from opposite direction, he is planning to take transfer before being trapped in any major controversy followed by departmental enquiry.
Why Congress is sulking?
The state Congress is utterly flummoxed by the attitude of the party’s Union ministers because every time their Chhattisgarh visit summerises with appreciation of Chief Minister Raman Singh’s government. The Congress leaders are continuously demanding from the party’s national leadership to thwart the rising trend of glorifying opposition parties that are ruling in states. They said they would not be left with any issue in Chhattisgarh if the Union ministers would continue giving full marks to the BJP government in every department. Recently, Congress MLA Amitesh Shukla complained against Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to the party supremo Sonia Gandhi. Shukla asked how come Ahluwalia applauded the Chhattisgarh governments for effectively implementing the PDS and did not instruct it to expedite payments under NREGS works. The other senior party leaders, too, have made similar complaints to the high command. Unimpressed by such complaints, Sonia has reportedly directed Amitesh and other senior party leaders to concentrate in consolidating the party in the state instead of sulking on petty issues.
Politically incorrect
The BJP national president Nitin Gadkari is once again in controversy due to his non-calculated talks. This time, he has targeted Congress and has once again made politically incorrect remark raising the delay in hanging death row convict Afzal Guru. The other BJP leaders, especially national spokespersons startled as soon as they heard Gadkari’s comments because they knew how much exercise they would have to do now to save party’s image and give a sophisticated meaning to Gadkari’s comments. The BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad says Gadkari’s comments reflect people’s sentiments and wrath against the UPA government. But BJP workers in Chhattisgarh ask why only Gadkari face criticism when worst remarks had been made by various leaders like Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav, M Karunanidhi, J Jayalalitha and several leaders from Southern India, Bal Thackrey, Raj Thackeray and even from Sonia Gandhi who had used unparliamentary words against Narendra Modi. They also questioned why Congress leaders were mum when Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had said that people would not die if they would consume less sugar when he was asked by the media pertaining to his failure in curbing rising sugar prices.
Capital traffic
The RMC and police administration recently decided to improve the capital’s traffic system by posing stern face towards the norm violating motorists. The RMC also constituted zonal teams for the purpose. Suddenly, the roads and intersections of the capital wore a new look and Raipurians found traffic cops seriously discharging their responsibility in every square, triangle and turning. People thought they would soon get rid of frequent traffic bottlenecks at the busy roads. But, Raipur’s motorists are much smarter than the RMC and the police administration had anticipated. While some motorists prefer paying fine on tariff violation instead of learning rules, the others adopt different routes to avoid facing cops. The motorists ridicule the responsible authorities for intermittently awakening from deep trance and attempting to convince people that they would not sleep again and soon improve the traffic woes. The motorists say the solution of capital traffic lies on seriousness of the concerned departments which usually vanish after briefly pursuing their task. The traffic police also look worried. In fact, strictness is not in their habit. They rather believe in ‘compromise’ that eventually ‘satisfy’ them as well as the motorists. Some cops find it difficult in simultaneously managing the flooding motorists at road intersections and making challans against the queuing norm violators.
The state Congress is utterly flummoxed by the attitude of the party’s Union ministers because every time their Chhattisgarh visit summerises with appreciation of Chief Minister Raman Singh’s government. The Congress leaders are continuously demanding from the party’s national leadership to thwart the rising trend of glorifying opposition parties that are ruling in states. They said they would not be left with any issue in Chhattisgarh if the Union ministers would continue giving full marks to the BJP government in every department. Recently, Congress MLA Amitesh Shukla complained against Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to the party supremo Sonia Gandhi. Shukla asked how come Ahluwalia applauded the Chhattisgarh governments for effectively implementing the PDS and did not instruct it to expedite payments under NREGS works. The other senior party leaders, too, have made similar complaints to the high command. Unimpressed by such complaints, Sonia has reportedly directed Amitesh and other senior party leaders to concentrate in consolidating the party in the state instead of sulking on petty issues.
Politically incorrect
The BJP national president Nitin Gadkari is once again in controversy due to his non-calculated talks. This time, he has targeted Congress and has once again made politically incorrect remark raising the delay in hanging death row convict Afzal Guru. The other BJP leaders, especially national spokespersons startled as soon as they heard Gadkari’s comments because they knew how much exercise they would have to do now to save party’s image and give a sophisticated meaning to Gadkari’s comments. The BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad says Gadkari’s comments reflect people’s sentiments and wrath against the UPA government. But BJP workers in Chhattisgarh ask why only Gadkari face criticism when worst remarks had been made by various leaders like Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav, M Karunanidhi, J Jayalalitha and several leaders from Southern India, Bal Thackrey, Raj Thackeray and even from Sonia Gandhi who had used unparliamentary words against Narendra Modi. They also questioned why Congress leaders were mum when Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had said that people would not die if they would consume less sugar when he was asked by the media pertaining to his failure in curbing rising sugar prices.
Capital traffic
The RMC and police administration recently decided to improve the capital’s traffic system by posing stern face towards the norm violating motorists. The RMC also constituted zonal teams for the purpose. Suddenly, the roads and intersections of the capital wore a new look and Raipurians found traffic cops seriously discharging their responsibility in every square, triangle and turning. People thought they would soon get rid of frequent traffic bottlenecks at the busy roads. But, Raipur’s motorists are much smarter than the RMC and the police administration had anticipated. While some motorists prefer paying fine on tariff violation instead of learning rules, the others adopt different routes to avoid facing cops. The motorists ridicule the responsible authorities for intermittently awakening from deep trance and attempting to convince people that they would not sleep again and soon improve the traffic woes. The motorists say the solution of capital traffic lies on seriousness of the concerned departments which usually vanish after briefly pursuing their task. The traffic police also look worried. In fact, strictness is not in their habit. They rather believe in ‘compromise’ that eventually ‘satisfy’ them as well as the motorists. Some cops find it difficult in simultaneously managing the flooding motorists at road intersections and making challans against the queuing norm violators.
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