Maya takes exception to Guv remarks

LUCKNOW: In a letter sent to governor TV Rajeswar, chief minister Mayawati has said “I was surprised to read your comments in newspapers. You never made any such comment during the previous regime where mid-session transfers were the order of the day.”

She added that there could be a few incidents where under unavoidable circumstances, transfers were done.

In this context, the chief minister in letter further stated that during the present BSP rule, mid-session transfers were done only where it was necessary.

Here she said that since the IAS, PCS, IPS and PPS officers were directly linked to the works related to the masses and were responsible for maintaining law and order and development of the state, government had no option but to transfer, or in some cases initiate action against, those who were found wanting in discharge of their duties.

Stating that her government had adopted a transparent policy regarding transfer of officials, the chief minister said that her government had never crossed the upper limit of 10 per cent annual transfers and claimed that such an arrangement was only in Uttar Pradesh.

She said that: “it would have been appropriate if before making remarks about the functioning of the state government at the governors’ meet, you had known the exact situation from me.”

In the concluding paragraph of her letter, the chief minister requested the governor that in the event of any doubt, he should seek information from the state government which was always eager to reply to his queries.

She also requested the governor to extend his cooperation to the state government in discharging its constitutional duties to establish the rule of law.


Source : Times Of India