JP Nadda targets Congress: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda in the present day (October 22) attacked the Congress, saying public service supply could also be an ‘alien concept’ for it as its only curiosity is to maintain the poor in poverty.
The response got here on a day when Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi objecting to a authorities order which, he claimed, said that senior officers of ranks as excessive as joint secretary, director and deputy secretary are to be deployed to all 765 districts of the nation as “Rath Prabharis” to “showcase achievements of the last nine years of Government of India”.
“It baffles me to see the Congress party has an issue with public servants reaching the grassroots to ensure saturation of schemes,” Nadda stated in a put up on X, asking, “If this not the basic tenet of governance, what is?”
Pawan Khera on Mallikarjun Kharge’s letter to PM Modi:
On Saturday (October 21), Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera had shared on X the order dated October 18 of the Department of Revenue within the finance ministry relating to the nomination of officers of the ranks of joint secretary, director and deputy secretary pertaining to varied companies to be deployed as “rath prabhari” (particular officers) in every of the nation’s 765 districts, protecting 2.69 lakh gram panchayats.
BJP Chief Nadda replies to Congress:
Nadda stated that “It may be an alien concept for the Congress, but public service delivery is the duty of a government.” “If the (Narendra) Modi government wants to ensure saturation of all schemes and ensure all beneficiaries are reached, nobody who has the interest of the poor in their mind can have a problem,” the BJP chief stated.
“But, the Congress only has an interest in keeping the poor in poverty and hence, their opposition to the saturation drive,” he stated.
The order talked about an inner order of the agriculture secretary of October 14 relating to showcasing or celebrating the achievements of the final 9 years of the Modi authorities by means of the “Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra” proposed to be organised throughout the nation for disseminating info, consciousness and lengthening companies on the gram panchayat degree from November 20 to January 25.
“In order to coordinate for the preparations, planning, execution, monitoring of the Rath Yatra, they have decided to deploy joint secretaries/director/deputy secretaries of Government of India as Rath Prabharis (special officer),” the order learn.
Prime Minister Modi has set a goal of six months to make sure the total saturation of his authorities’s welfare schemes, official sources had stated on Saturday.
Mallikarjun Kharge letter to PM Modi:
Regarding the order, Kharge in his letter to Modi additionally alleged that the federal government’s latest orders asking officers to “showcase” the achievements of the final 9 years was “politicisation” of the paperwork and demanded their withdrawal.
Jairam Ramesh on Congress President letter:
Amit Malviya assaults Congress:
Hitting out on the Congress, BJP I-T division head Amit Malviya wrote on X, “Who stated bureaucrats in GoI (Government of India) will not be meant to speak in regards to the programmes and schemes applied?”.
“Should they just sit in offices and not be on the ground to assess impact?” Malviya requested and stated bureaucrats are “duty bound” to serve the folks, because the elected authorities deems match.
Hitting out on the Congress, Malviya stated, “Just because five states are going to polls and general elections are seven months away, should we abandon governance?” Even because the Gujarat chief minister, annually, no matter elections, Narendra Modi ensured his bureaucrats went out within the discipline throughout June-July to make sure all college going youngsters enroll, he stated. “It ensured universal education in Gujarat,” Malviya added.
Similarly within the subsequent six months, Prime Minister Modi needs full saturation of welfare schemes, just like the PM Awas Yojana (Grameen), National Rural Livelihood Mission, PM Kisan, Fasal Bima Yojana, Poshan Abhiyan, Ujjwala Yojana, Ayushman Bharat, Janaushadhi Yojana, PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, Skill Development applications, Vishwakarma Yojana amongst others, Malviya stated.
“His entire government will spread across 2.7 lakh panchayats, under a mega saturation drive called ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’, and reach out to potential beneficiaries and enroll them,” the BJP chief stated and added that “so, let the government work, elections will happen when they happen”.
(With businesses inputs)
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