The State secretariat is virtually emptied in the wake of ongoing
political crisis in MP and the coronavirus outbreak in the country. There seems
to be no one in the secretariat to take well considered call on the critical
issues confronting the state, at present. Ever since 22 MLAs owing allegiance
to Jyotiraditya Scindia quit Congress, the State Secretariat has become
deserted. As news came on Thursday night that the CM would address a press
conference on Friday, the bureaucracy, well aware that the CM does not have
numbers, was sure that conference was called to announce his resignation. The
secretariat was therefore emptied on Friday morning. However, there was some
activity on the fourth floor of Vallabh Bhavan-II, the chief secretary’s
office. Besides, officials of GAD remained busy till Thursday as the government
continued to do transfers and make political appointments on boards and
corporations, apart from health department making plans to check coronavirus.
Besides, commercial taxes department for revenue collection and finance
department which had to rework the state budget, all other major decisions came
to stand still at the secretariat. By: Neha Sharma
The State secretariat is virtually emptied in the wake of ongoing
political crisis in MP and the coronavirus outbreak in the country. There seems
to be no one in the secretariat to take well considered call on the critical
issues confronting the state, at present. Ever since 22 MLAs owing allegiance
to Jyotiraditya Scindia quit Congress, the State Secretariat has become
deserted. As news came on Thursday night that the CM would address a press
conference on Friday, the bureaucracy, well aware that the CM does not have
numbers, was sure that conference was called to announce his resignation. The
secretariat was therefore emptied on Friday morning. However, there was some
activity on the fourth floor of Vallabh Bhavan-II, the chief secretary’s
office.
Besides, officials of GAD remained busy till Thursday as the government continued to do transfers and make political appointments on boards and corporations, apart from health department making plans to check coronavirus. Besides, commercial taxes department for revenue collection and finance department which had to rework the state budget, all other major decisions came to stand still at the secretariat.
By: Neha Sharma