Cabinet to be revamped only in January
Hyderabad, Nov. 30: The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, is likely to revamp his Cabinet only in January 2010 because of the 13-day-long Winter Session of the state legislature starting from December 7.
He is leaving on a two-day trip to Delhi on December 2 primarily to thank the Central leadership for selecting him as Congress Legislature Party leader. Mr Rosaiah has been facing various kinds of pressures on the proposed Cabinet revamp.
A group of state Congress leaders who were not in good terms with the late Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy wants him to go for a total revamp giving priority to both efficiency and loyality. They have even urged the Chief Minister to ask all the ministers to quit so that he could have a new team.
According to these leaders, he should at least drop four to seven ministers who were loyal to ‘someone outside the Cabinet’. On the other hand, he is facing pressure from the Kadapa MP, Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and YSR’s aide, Dr K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, not to drop any minister. When the Central observers, Mr Pranab Mukherjee and Mr Veerappa Moily were here in connection with CLP meet on November 27, they held a discussion in which Mr Rosaiah, the PCC chief, Mr D. Srinivas, Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy and Mr Rao were present.
It is learnt that both Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy and KVP said that the Chief Minister could induct more ministers but without disturbing the present composition that was approved by the Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi. However, Mr Mukherjee intervened at this point and said that this was the prerogative of the Chief Minister. Mr Rosaiah is also considering the pros and cons of inducting Mrs Vijayalakshmi, wife of late YSR, into his Cabinet. Some aides advised that this move will help him deflect criticism by Mr Jagan and others on tardy implementation of YSR agenda.
“How can he criticise the government when his own mother is part of it?” said a former minister.
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Does it make any difference to the lives of the people. Old wine in new bottle.
It does, however, make a difference, if Rosaiah's council of ministers, some of whom have been allegedly non-cooperating and non-working with the chief minister, give a better account of themselves instead of indulging in politicking, like they had been doing eversince the death of late chief minister Dr YS Rajasekhar Reddy.
Similarly, public representatives like MLAs, and MPs who have been ignoring people and their troubles discharge their constitutional duties with accountability, people's lives would be better.
Newly elected Corporators must be made accountable by fixing work norms and performance apprisal to them for ensuring better civic conditions.
Since about some 30 per cent of newly elected corporators are reportedly not educated even up to high school level, they would make themselves useful by attending training classses, it would help them and the voters who elected them.
Without fixing responsibility and continuous monitoring of performance of MPs, MLAs, MLCs and corporators, no improvement in administration or the lives of the people is possible.
Public representatives and government employees are living at the cost of honest tax paying public. They have to be made accountable to the people. Those found wanting should be shown the door.
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