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Aditya Kumar

Delhi no longer city of Punjabis alone
Delhi is no longer the city of Punjabis alone. As on date, about 67 lakh people in the national capital are from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

What has happened to Cong ?
What has happened to the Congress ? While this question was being discussed at a get-together, pat came a reply that having served the nation for 60 years, Congressmen now want to take some rest.

Delhi election result forced govt formation in J&K ?
It is widely believed that the Delhi election result compelled PDP and BJP to shun their differences on minor issues and form the coalition government in J&K. People of J & k are expected to get new government by the end of this week.

Which business house has been a loser during NDA rule ?
Which business house has lost its clout in the corridors of power during nine months of NDA rule ? Guess the name.

BUREAUCRACY

Ajit Kumar to move to Seoul ?
Consul General in Atlanta Ajit Kumar is likely to be appointed Ambassador to South Korea.

Syed Akbaruddin to move to UN
Successful MEA Spokesman Syed Akbaruddin is going to succeed Dilip Sinha as India's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva.

CBI Chief means business
CBI chief Anil Sinha has made it known to his officials to perform or forget about the CBI. He is reported to have told them clearly that only hard work and integrity would be the key to survival in the intelligence agency. Message of this agency is now loud and clear.

Orders of Justice Ajit Singh this month only
Orders of the appointment of Justice Ajit Singh are expected to be issued this month only. Senior most Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Ajit Singh will be appointed Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.

V Mohan selected for Director, NSC
V Mohan, GGM, TCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), National Seeds Corporation Limited (NSCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 12, 2015. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

1986 batch IPS to get DG rank in Himachal Pradesh
1986 batch IPS officer Sita Ram Mardi is all set to get DG rank in Himachal Pradesh in a couple of weeks. If he gets the DG rank 1984 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh Cadre Somesh Goyal who is on deputation to the Government of India will automatically get the pro-forma promotion.

Retirement orders of Delhi CS issued
Retirement orders of Delhi Chief Secretary D M Spolia have been issued . 1979 batch IAS officer Spolia would retire from service on February 28 .

Tenure of Keshav Kumar, Joint Director, CBI extended
The tenure of Keshav Kumar as Joint Director in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended upto March 31, 2015. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Tenure of Prabodh Kumar, Joint Director, CBI extended
The tenure of Prabodh Kumar as Joint Director in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended upto March 31, 2015. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Punjab.

Tenure of Vivek Srivastava as IG, SPG extended
The tenure of Vivek Srivastava as Inspector General in SPG has been extended upto October 2015. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Tenure of Peeyush Pandey as IG, SPG extended
The tenure of Peeyush Pandey as IG in SPG has been extended upto December, 2016. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

File of P K Purwar for CMD, MTNL still stuck up in CVC
The file of Praveen Kumar Purwar, Director (Finance), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) is reported to have still been lying stuck to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for its clearance for the appointment as CMD, MTNL.

25 IRTS officers get SAG
As many as 25 officers belonging to Indian Railways Traffic Service (IRTS) have been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). The officers are: Mohanpuria Anju, Chandrayan Sharat Sudhakar, Haranadh Polamraju Lakshmi, Singh Jayant, Kumar Prabhat, Mukheerjee Amitava, Jain Tarun, Sharma Seema, Vinayan J, Biswas Saumitra, Dubey Indu Rani, Sadhu Anup Dayanand, Kumar Deepak, Ojha Pradeep Kumar, Singh Ateesh Kumar, Saikia Lakheswar, Verma Sharad, Sahay Niraj, Kumar Pradeep, Chandra Debasis, Sharma Bharat Bhushan, Purkait Shambu Nath and Meena Ramoo Lal.

28 IRTS officers get Selection Grade
As many as 28 officers belonging to Indian Railways Traffic Service (IRTS) have been accorded Selection Grade. The officers are: Cr Panda, Petal Dhillon, Dibbanjan Roy, Sajeesh Kumar N, S Subramanian, Satyendra Kumar, R Sudharshan, Tanweer Hasan, Akhlaque Ahmed, Hijam Lukhoi Luwang, Rashmi Gautam, T K Das, S P Ghosh, M A Haque, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Hoshiar Chand, R C Srivastava, S K Yadav, Binoy Kumar Das, S K Dasgupta, A K Halder, M D Sahu, S K Sahu, N Bhaskaran, B S Raipuria, Vinod Kumar, B K Majhi and K Ganesh Kumar.

Randhir Reddy posted in South Central Railway
Upon return from deputation to CRIS, P Randhir Reddy has been posted in the cadre of South Central Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Sanjay Kumar Jain appointed in Northern Railway
Upon Return from deputation, Sanjay Kumar Jain has been posted in the cadre of Northern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Arvind Srivastava appointed ED, Railway Board
Arvind Srivastava, presently in Rail Wheel Factory, has been appointed as Executive Director (Vigilance, Stores), Railway Board. He is an IRSS officer.

Sushil Kumar deputed as OSD, NDMC
Sushil Kumar, Deputy CCM, Northern Railway has been appointed as OSD, New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).

32 IRSE officers get HAG
As many as 32 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) have been granted Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). The officers are: R P Diwakar, B P Gupta, Sanjiv Roy, Lalit Kapur, S S Gupta, R K Goyal, P K Mishra, Mukesh Kumar Gupta, Vijay Sehgal, A K Sachan, A K Verma, J K Verma, Naveen Chopra, Rajiv Chaudhary, Piyush Agarwal, P D Sharma, Alok Kumar, S N Singh, L Sudharkar Rao, H K Singh, KK Sharma, P K Aggarwal, Mahesh Kumar Gupta, Rajiv Rajvanshi, Virendra Kumar, N C Sharda, Arun Malik, K J S Kalra, Ram Gopal, Pancham, G Laxminarayan and D R Shyamsunder.

18 IRSEE officers get SAG
As many as 18 officers belonging to IRSEE have been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). The officers are: V Venkatasubramanian, Raj Kumar Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Rajeev Chetna Nand Singh, Surendra Kumar, Vinit Kumar, Rajesh Kaushik, Ashok Kumar Nakra, Vivek Dixit, Vineet Gupta, Anurag Kumar Gupta, Vineet Pandey, Kalyan Patnaik, C R Harish, Vimal Kishore Nagar, Pyare Lal Meena and S V Varaprasad.

Rajiv Bhatnagar posted in Northern Railway
Upon return from deputation to DFCCIL, Rajiv Bhatnagar has been appointed in the cadre of Northern Railway. He is an IRPS officer.

4 IRAS officers transferred
Four IRAS officers have been given postings. Accordingly, Randhir Sahay has been posted to East Central Railway while Devashish Mukherjee was posted to Eastern Railway and U Govindu is being appointed to South Western Railway. Besides, T G Sudhan Raj has been appointed to South Central Railway.

104 IRSE officers get Selection Grade
As many as 104 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) have been granted Selection Grade. The officers are: D Dasgupta, S Kilivalavan, Sheo Kumar Prasad, Biprajit Dutta, Devendra Dinkar Nagpure, Partha Mukhopadhayay, Niraj Kumar, Vijay Pandey, Piyush Kant Chaturvedi, Rajesh Kumar, Neeraj Bhandari, Vishal Gupta, Arun Kumar Singh, Anuman Prasad, Amit Agarwal, Alok Kumar Jha, Rish Gangwar, Sanjeev Kumar, Gaurav Verma, Rewti Raman Roy, Pradeep Nagar, Praveen Kumar, Raghavendra Nath Jha, Sanjay Kumar singh, Akshaya Kumar, Mohit Kumar, Jyoti Tanwar, S Kannan, Dinesh Kumar Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Sheela Makwana, Alladaboina Satish, Ajeet Kumar, Lokesh Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Yashpal Singh Dabi, Jitendra Kumar Mukesh Kumar Meena, Vijay Ku8mar, Rajveer, C V Shankar, Anil Kumar, K M Mishra, Ameer Hamaja, R C Khatri, Suneel Kumar Mehta, Amar Singhy S K Srivastava, Shivraj Sharma, S K Singh, V K Rai, A K Sengupta, S Padmanavan, Raju Kr Das, Brij Bha, Mohd Isha, Srinivasa Rao, N Satyanarayana, M V Satyanarayana, G Nagabhusan Rao, B Simhadhari, Ranjit Das, Y Masthanaiah, Padmini Tripura, K P Rao, J N Babu, R C Kushwaha, C Prasad, N V SS Prasad, Apurva Das, D Satyanarayana, Srinivasa, Rao, S Sherfuddin, M Vignavelu, K Raja Rajan, S P Srivastava, P K Samanta Raoy, S Sha, R K Mishra, A L Singha, R P Singh rajesh Kumar Sood, K r chaudhary, Vivek Narula, Jai Kishore Sharma, Pradeep Puri, Gurjeet Sinmgh, Ravinder Kumar K N Talukdar, V P Sharma, B B Gida, Muralidharan Nair, S Bisw, Pradeep Kumar Dash, Nirmal Kumar Naskar, MD David Ralf, Partisho Das, S K Vij, R V Nagrle, Surender Kumar Sharma, M M Upadhayay, R K Meena and R Venkateswara Rao.

Ngachan Zimik deputed as Regional Director, SSC, Guwahati
Ngachan Zimik has been appointed as Regional Director, Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Guwahati at Deputy Secretary level for a period of four years. He is a 2002 batch IOFS officer.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in UP
As many as 29 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, T Venktesh has been appointed as Principal Secretary, OBC Welfare while Mrs Archna Agrawal will remain as MD, PCDF and Hariraj Kishore is PS, GAD. Similarly, Sanjiv Dubey has been appointed as Principal Secretary, National Integrated Department with additional charge as PS, Human Rights Commission; Bhupendra Singh as Principal Secretary, Home Guard, Civil Defence, Political Pension; Mahesh Kumar Gupta as Divisional, Lucknow; Sudhir Garg as Principal Secretary, Small Scale Industries; Jitendra Kumar will remain as PS, Board of Secondary Education; Monika S Garg as Principal Secretary, Handicrafts and Textiles Corporation; Yasho Hrikesh Bhaskar as Special Secretary, and Project Director, National Middle Education campaign; Sanjay Kumar gets additional charge of Director, Environment; Prabhat Mittal as Secretary, National Integrated Department; Ashok Kumar as Secretary, National Integration; Ms V Hekali Jhimomi as Secretary, Rural Development; Prakash Bindu kept on waiting; Ajaydeep Singh as DM, Santkabir Nagar; Ranvir Prasad as Additional Commissioner, MNREGA; Dinesh Chandra as Administrator, Water Management Project; Abhishek Prakash as Special Secretary, Health; Mahendra Kumar as Special Secretary, Agriculture Production; Dr Arunvir Singh as Additional CEO, Yamuna Express Way Industrial Development Authority, Gautambuddhnagar; Abhishek-I as CEO, Jalon; Mrs Sandeep Kaur as CEO, Hardoi; Arun Kumar as Joint DM, Lucknow; Chandra Vijay Singh as Joint MD, Mathura; Alok Sinha as Divisional Commissioner, Meeruth; Ajay Chauhan as Divisional Commissioner, Basti; Vipin Kumar Dwivedi as Divisional Commissioner, Moradabad and P Guruprasad was posted as Divisional Commissioner, Chitrakut.

Inauguration of AOCC and new Hangars at LGBI Airport, Guwahati
Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, Union Ministry for Civil Aviation, Government of India inaugurated the Airport Operations Control Centre (AOCC) and New Hangars at LGBI Airport, Guwahati recently, Kiren Rijiju State Minister of Home, Govt. of India, Hemanta Talukdar, MLA West Guwahati, R K Srivastava, Chairman, AAI, S Raheja, Member (Planning), P K H Singh, Advisor(T&C), NEC Shillong and other Airport Operators/stake holders of Guwahati Airport were also present at the inauguration ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister for Civil Aviation emphasize that the Government of India and the state governments in the region have to be aviation friendly in order to make the sector vibrant. The airport modernization will contribute towards the overall growth of the aviation sector. Guwahati Airport is connected with all the major cities in India like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune etc. by all the major domestic Airlines like Air India, Jet Airways, Go Air, Spicejet, Indigo & also connected to Imphal, Baghdogra, Agartala, Silchar, Jorhat, Lengpui, Lilabari, Dibrugarh and Tejpur. In International sector, the Airport is connected to Bangkok and Paro(Bhutan) by Royal Bhutan airline (Druk Air). The scheduled helicopter services run by Pawan Hans connecting Shillong (Meghalaya), Naharlagun and Tawanag (Arunachal Pradesh). At present, this Airport caters approximately 94 aircraft movement per day.

Amitabh Gupta is no more
Former 1964 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre Amitabh Gupta has passed away today in Jaipur. He was 74.

Reshuffle of IFS officers in Telangana (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Telangana. Accordingly, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta has been posted as Field Director, Kawal Tiger Reserve while Vinay Kumar will now be Field Director, Amarabad Tiger Reserve and Munindra was made APCCF Environment. Similarly, B Anand Mohan has been posted as Conservator of Forests, Khammam; P V Raja Rao as CF, Social Forestry Circle, Warangal; B Srinivas as Divisional Forest Officer ad S Ramesh was appointed as Joint Director, Forest Academy, Dulapally.

NLC posts Rs 309.47 cr Q3 (UPDATED)
NLC has recorded a sales turnover of Rs.1492.65 Crore and has posted a net profit of Rs.309.47 Crore during the quarter ending 31st December,2014. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, a "Nav Ratna" Public Sector Enterprise, under the administrative control of Ministry of Coal has a chequered history of achievements . B Surender Mohan, CMD, NLC informed that at present, NLC operates three Opencast Lignite Mines at Neyveli and one at Barsingsar, Rajasthan of total capacity of 30.60 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) and three Thermal Power Stations at Neyveli and one at Barsingsar with a total installed capacity of 2740 Mega Watt (MW). NLC Mines have produced 53.33 Lakh Tonnes (LT) of Lignite by removing 320.88 Lakh Cubic Metres (LM3) of Overburden. NLC Power Stations have generated 4187.86 Million Units (MU) of Power and exported 3516.34 MU. By removing 1078.70 LM3 of Overburden, NLC Mines have produced 171.52 LT of Lignite. While 14138.26 MU of Power was generated from Neyveli Thermal Power Stations, the exported quantity of electricity was 11959.01 MU. NLC forges ahead in all fronts and with its expansion activities the company is poised for substantial growth in the years to come. The Company is planning ahead for an impressive expansion of 4301 MW by the end of 12th Plan and 11206 MW by the end of 13th Plan (including its subsidiaries) from its present capacity of 2740 MW.

SAIL's Q3 profits up by 9%; declares interim dividend of 17.5% (UPDATED)
SAIL registered profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 579 crore for the Oct-Dec'14 quarter which is 9% higher than the corresponding period last year (CPLY). SAIL Board approved interim dividend for its shareholders at 17.5% of the company's paid-up capital, which will involve a pay-out of Rs 870 crore including tax on dividends. The net worth of the company increased to Rs 43,333 crore as on 31.12.14, an increase of Rs 667 crore from 31.3.2014. The unaudited financial results of SAIL for the quarter Oct-Dec'14 was taken on record by its Board of Directors today. Improvement in profit was helped by factors such as enhanced production, better techno-economic parameters along with reduction in input cost particularly imported coking coal. During the quarter, SAIL achieved a turnover of Rs 12,291 crore, which is 3% lower than CPLY. The turnover was adversely impacted due to the prevailing challenging market conditions, fraught with high imports and consumption of steel remaining almost flat in the country. The quarter (Q3) was a momentous one with respect to the modernization and expansion programme of SAIL, with integrated operations of 2.5 MTPA new steel plant at Burnpur commencing during this period. The state-of-the-art 4160 m3 blast furnace at ISP, Burnpur, 'Kalyani' was lighted up on 30th November, 2014, which is the largest operating blast furnace in India. This would be the second such large volume Blast furnace in SAIL, after the first one operationalized in Rourkela Steel Plant. SAIL has already operationalized MODEX projects/facilities worth Rs 32,000 crore till now. On this occasion, Chairman SAIL C S Verma noted that "Our initiatives taken to bring down energy consumption and optimize raw material utilization, as well as adoption of state-of-the-art technologies have helped us improve the techno-economic parameters and stay viable in the current market scenario. With new policies of the government and its thrust on steel intensive sectors, the steel demand is likely to rise. SAIL is ramping up its capacity to match this."

Sanjay Kumar Singh returns to parent cadre (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Singh, who completed his seven years inter-cadre deputation tenure to Bihar, has returned to his parent cadre. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

(We said this on Feb 4, 2015)

Shyam Vinod Meena deputed as PS to Prof Sanwar Lal Jat(UPDATED)
Shyam Vinod Meena has been appointed as Private Secretary to Prof. Sanwar Lal Jat, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Nababhushanam promoted to CF grade in Telangana (UPDATED)
D Nagabhushanam has been promoted to the grade of Conservator of Forests in Telangana. He is a 2000 batch IFS officer of Telangana cadre.

DEBATE

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CORPORATE

Chellappan appointed MD, Swelect Energy Systems Ltd
Swelect Energy Systems Limited has appointed R Chellappan as Managing Director
of the company w.e.f. May 1, 2015

Philip to step down as Whole-time Director, MRF Ltd
K M Philip will be stepping down as Whole-time Director of MRF Ltd on March 31, 2015 due to his advancing age.

Abraham appointed Addl. Director, Mukand Engineers Ltd
Mukand Engineers Limited has appointed Ms Anna Usha Abraham as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. February 11, 2015

Brocchi appointed Non Exec. Director, Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd
Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited has appointed Mario Brocchi as a Non-Executive Director of the company w.e.f. February 12, 2015

Dey appointed CS, Adhunik Metaliks Limited
Adhunik Metaliks Limited has appointed Sanjay Dey as the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. February 12, 2015

Parik resigns as Director, Mangalam Timber Products Ltd
S K Parik has resigned as Director of Mangalam Timber Products Limited w.e.f February 12, 2015.

Ghosh appointed Independent Director, Mangalam Timber Products Ltd
Leena Ghosh has been appointed as Independent Director of Mangalam Timber Products Limited w.e.f. February 12, 2015

Bhat appointed CFO, Sobha Limited
Sobha Limited has appointed Subhash Mohan Bhat as the Chief Financial Officer of the company

Binani appointed Independent Director, Skipper Ltd
Skipper Ltd has appointed Ms Mamta Binani as an Independent Director of the company

Kumar resigns as CS, Quasar India Ltd.
Sandeep Kumar has resigned as Company Secretary of Quasar India Ltd.

Yadav appointed CS, Quasar India Ltd
Vikram Yadav has been appointed Company Secretary of Quasar India Ltd

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Why do we need a Foreign Minister ?

Maybe a Minister is not required to make foreign policy; but we do need a Minister to run a Ministry. Not having effective Ministers in the Ministry of External Affairs is causing havoc in Indian diplomatic activity in small states. What is happening in important countries is being well looked after by the PMO, Secretaries and other officers of MEA; and we have brilliant Ambassadors in these countries. In many small countries we have frustrated superseded officers of Secretaries' batches as Ambassadors. Some of them are indulging in activities unbecoming of an elite service and even criminal activities. Officials of the MEA have to shield them because respect for seniority is ingrained in any organised cadre. US and China take care to build good relations with small countries as well. If India aspires to be a world power, we need to have a strong Minister or a Minister of State who can take action against these so-called diplomats or find sinecure positions for them in Delhi.

Prof. N.C. Saxena


Remove all corrupt and influential babus

The government should concentrate removing all corrupt and influential babus and their kiths and kin in PSU's and give change to sincere and honest. there should be regional balance in Delhi postings as well PSU chief postings.

Prasad

BJP lost due to complete disillusionment

BJP lost owing to the complete disillusionment of the youth and almost no efforts by the NDA to create any jobs for them. It is this section of populace which provided maximum workers for AAP and also created the Tsunami we saw on Feb 10, 2015.

ARC Kumar

Control Pollution

Apart from problems of water, electricity etc., the AAP government should take immediate steps to control the Pollution problem. As it is well known Diesel cars are the biggest culprit for increase in pollution in Delhi. There should be a total ban on registration of new Diesel cars in Delhi for the next two years till the new models are Bharat 5 compliant. Further the diesel price should be increased to RS.100 a litre so as to dissuade people from using diesel cars.

S Gopal

BJP not able to carry "Swachh Mission"

BJP was also not able to carry forward its "Swachh Mission" in the city of Delhi. The city is still dirty as it was earlier. The Citizen's are keeping their houses and placing their much and dirt in dustbin kept outside the house. These are taken away by the "koorawalas" which they have kept on their own accounts. The corporation people who are meant to carry out the make cleaning up operation are enjoying, they are not punctual and many of them are indulged in selling vegetable just after marking their attendance. There should bi-metric attendance for each of them, wherein they should record their attendance four times a day. The officials responsible for an area should also be made accountable for cleanliness. In so far as the in-disciplined citizen's are concerned strict fine should be imposed. Check should be also there on the corporation officials and the male MCD school teachers who indulge in 'property' dealing activity in the NCR area.

A Srivastava

Reason for BJP debacle in Delhi ?

Arrogance of its Central Ministers. Only Modi is seen running around, making hard effort, trying his level best to clean up the system. Have you seen any of his Ministers following his example except for Venkaiah Naidu who has taken good bold step of getting 350 lutyens bunglows vacated, free golf club membership of IAS officers cancelled. There is no other minister who has taken any bold step to clean up the mess in their Ministries. All other Ministers are very happy and satisfied in cutting ribbons, addressing seminars. Did we elect them for this ? All other Modi Ministers except Sushma, Jaitley, Venkaiah, Parrikar, remained satisfied in drinking tea in seminars.

Lok Nath Mehra

Poll results are more Modi's loss than Kejriwal's gain

The tsunami in Delhi indicates that the election results are more Narendra Modi's loss than Kejriwal's gain. Modi's loss in Delhi is due to an anti Modi wave in Delhi. Kejriwal is a beneficiary of the public dissatisfaction with Modi.
The biggest contributor to this is the rumour that the retirement age of employees of the Central Government is likely to be reduced to 58. Hugely unfair if implemented, clearly, the rumour mills have worked overtime to circulate the same. It has turned all employees of the Central Government against Modi. Those very people who had voted for Modi in the Parliamentary elections have turned against him now. The reason why this factor has impacted the results most is because Delhi houses lakhs of voters who are either employees of the Central Government or their families. Why the rumour was believed despite denial could have been either due to some factual basis therein or due to the perceived proximity of Modi with business and industry groups and his persistently cracking the whip on servants of the Government for the past eight months. The truth is that Modi has a mindset which is perceived to be quite anti employee. This endears him to industry and business, this also helps him in the NRI circles. It also gets him encomia from the Economist. But it alienates him from the very group which was one of those who had actively voted him into power. While alienating it, Modi thinks as the Gujarat CM. In entrepreneurial Gujarat, employees are looked down upon, but not so in the rest of India. In fact, employees constitute an educated middle class, who do not owe their jobs to largesse but are all selected for different levels of service after passing exams which are taken by lakhs of people (all non Gujaratis). As PM of India, Modi will have to think differently. This is because though Central Government employees may not be as much of a force outside Delhi, employees of PSUs, Banks, State Governments all could react similarly.

The second biggest contributor to Modi's loss is the way he has treated his own party. Secure in the reflection of his massive mandate in the Parliamentary elections, he emulated Indira Gandhi and reduced even his Ministers to factotums. Dissent might have been mute, but its effects are there for all to see. The reason why this factor has worked now and not in earlier states' elections is that those states were those where Congress was facing anti incumbency of a decade or more.
The percentage vote that Modi has got tells only half the story. Modi's bid to attract voters has yielded some results, but he has lost more voters than he has gained. In other words, his 33% vote share in Delhi 2015 does not have the same people in it than in 2013. In Delhi, the traditional voter of BJP has also shifted to AAP in a bid to reduce Modi's hubris. The Punjabi element with refugee roots has deserted the BJP. The reason is not far to seek, the BJP is reduced to Modi-Shah, with every body else out. This has alienated the old faithful. It was the party worker who had brought Modi to power, however, Modi is perceived to have become too arrogant and concentrated all power unto himself in all party affairs.
When Modi made a bid for PM, he projected himself as humble. His chaiwallah image endeared himself to the masses. Now, it is the opposite. His perceived arrogance is not being liked by the masses. In a bid to outclass top leaders of his own party, Modi started projecting himself as a world figure. This has had little resonance with the masses. Even his projection of Barack as a first name friend has boomeranged on him, it is seen as hubris. It is because Modi is not seeing the electorate as a thinking electorate.

Lastly, the lesson of the poll is that no amount of talk can substitute for results. Campaigns are no substitute for solid work.
And this is where the future has a wide opening for Modi. He can actually work. He can show results. He is not lacking in experience. Kejriwal has apologised for his mistakes but he might not have learnt his lesson. He is inexperienced. If Modi starts to walk the talk and does so in a compassionate manner, without prejudices and hubris, Kejriwal might not have a chance hereafter.

A K Singh


BJP failed because Govt. official got hold of :

(i) Cabinet note on reduction of age of Central Govt. employees from 60 to 58.
(ii) All PSU staff including Bank employees know that Gujarat has got pay revision in instalments spread in five years. All bankers spread the news about Finance Ministry mistreatment / bad approach towards Govt. Employees / PSU employees / Bank Employees. There are rounds of SMSs doing the round even today.

BMA

Loss of BJP & Gain of AAP(reasons)

1.The body language of the PM Modi pre and post election changed drastically which shows him as arrogant.
2. BJP has become intolerant to the opposition. See the way they are treating their own Seniors like Advani, MM Joshi, Sushma Swaraj etc.
3.Indian electorate expect their leaders to be simple and affable at least in Public. But look the way PM Modi dressed during US President`s visit.
4.Total Authoritarian style left others left out during election process.

R Kumar

Who is favouring Congress loyal bureaucrats in BJP govt ?

It is general feeling in those officers who were shunted out in congress raj that at least two posts of secretaries are vacant in Govt. Of India viz. secretary official languages, secretary rural development but IAS officers of 1981 sitting on malai posts since congress regime are trying to skip postings at these posts. Is someone in cabinet secretariats and DOPT showing loyalty to congress bosses by not posting the officers due for posting at these posts. What PMO is doing ?

Guptaji

Hindi is Ghost for IAS officers

A special department of official languages exists in Ministry of Home to take care of Hindi and other languages. Now a days, IAS officers sitting on lucrative posts are making rounds of DoPT and Cabinet Secretariat just to ensure that they should not be posted as Secretary, Official Languages. Same is the case with Secretary, Animal Husbandry. Our Hindi speaking Prime Minister must depute some competent IAS officers on these posts. These posts should not run in additional charge. The officers holding lucrative posts at present should be posted on these posts to chant OM SHANTI and take the job peacefully.

A K Saxena

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