CUTTACK: A two-day meeting of bureaucrats in Bhubaneswar has generated controversy with the BJP claiming it was an try to additional the political agenda of the BJD ahead of next year's assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Describing it as a 'secret' meeting of IAS officials performed on the behest of a relied on aide of leader minister Naveen Patnaik, BJP spokesperson Pitambar Acharya told the media, "It shows the evil design of the BJD government. The BJD wants to influence the public through the officers."
The meeting was held in a lodge in the state capital on Thursday and Friday and consistent with Acharya was chaired through leader secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi and attended through greater than 300 block development officials and a number of other IAS officials posted in the districts.
Stating that bureaucrats cannot dangle one of these 'secret' meeting, Acharya puzzled why the media was no longer invited to the event. He also alleged that the BJD government is using the IAS and OAS officials to mobilise citizens for the elections.
Rubbishing the allegations, BJD MLA Debasish Samantray mentioned, "The chief secretary and other senior IAS officers were present to review various projects at the district and sub-district level. It's part of their job. There is no politics in it."
A press unlock issued through the place of work of the manager secretary termed the event as a two-day workshop and mentioned it was attended through the project directors of district rural development companies, block development officials and government engineers (ingesting water), organised through the department of panchayati raj and ingesting water.
During the course of the meeting Padhi asked the officials to make sure well timed payment to the beneficiaries of more than a few schemes. The leader secretary also asked the officials to make sure 0 tolerance in opposition to corruption.
Describing it as a 'secret' meeting of IAS officials performed on the behest of a relied on aide of leader minister Naveen Patnaik, BJP spokesperson Pitambar Acharya told the media, "It shows the evil design of the BJD government. The BJD wants to influence the public through the officers."
The meeting was held in a lodge in the state capital on Thursday and Friday and consistent with Acharya was chaired through leader secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi and attended through greater than 300 block development officials and a number of other IAS officials posted in the districts.
Stating that bureaucrats cannot dangle one of these 'secret' meeting, Acharya puzzled why the media was no longer invited to the event. He also alleged that the BJD government is using the IAS and OAS officials to mobilise citizens for the elections.
Rubbishing the allegations, BJD MLA Debasish Samantray mentioned, "The chief secretary and other senior IAS officers were present to review various projects at the district and sub-district level. It's part of their job. There is no politics in it."
A press unlock issued through the place of work of the manager secretary termed the event as a two-day workshop and mentioned it was attended through the project directors of district rural development companies, block development officials and government engineers (ingesting water), organised through the department of panchayati raj and ingesting water.
During the course of the meeting Padhi asked the officials to make sure well timed payment to the beneficiaries of more than a few schemes. The leader secretary also asked the officials to make sure 0 tolerance in opposition to corruption.
Bureaucrats' meeting sparks BJP outrage
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