Patna, (Bihar Times): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday washed his hands off from the large scale irregularities in the appointment of over one lakh para-teachers under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
He held the panchayat representatives responsible for
whatever wrong had happened in the recruitment of
para-teachers all over the state. Apart from this the
chief minister devoted most of his time upbraiding the
officials for their style of functioning and ignoring
the importance of people’s representatives, especially
that of panchayat-level.
The chairmen, deputy chairmen and other members of the
Zila Parishads, who gathered from all over the state
on the Janata Darbar day on Monday, complained to the
chief minister about the behaviour of the government
officials from block to the district level.
At one point of time the chief minister even told the
officials not to behave like gods. Nitish was
particularly severe on the deputy development
commissioners, block development officers and circle
officers, the three officials with whom the panchayat
representatives had to directly interact. The chief
minister asked the officials not to indulge in debate
with them as they are the representatives of the
common masses. He warned that the state government was
contemplating to initiate punitive action against the
officials for not cooperating with elected
representatives of the three tier Panchayati Raj
system in implementing government decisions.
The people’s representatives gathered there were
extremely angry with the style of functioning of the
bureaucrats. Some of them said that there were
thinking in term of resigning as they were useless in
this three-tier democracy.
Gangadhar Pandey, a representative from Buxar, is
reported to have told the chief minister point blank
that “your regime would be known for the degradation
in the education system as certificates are being sold
at high prices.”
