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This is History (287)
Instead of cursing their fate and tearing their hair, they decided to learn from defeat and degradation.

Secretaries Group and 7th Pay Commission
The Secretaries group is ready with its review on 7th Pay Commission. It is expected to submit its report next month.

Will Mathur be a union minister?
Om Mathur is likely to be inducted into Modi's cabinet if PM reshuffles his council of Ministers. Mathur has been given BJP ticket for RS seat from Rajasthan.


K K Paul to be Governor Rajasthan?
In all probability, Uttarakhand Governor K K Paul is moving to Rajasthan.

Bassi is new Member UPSC (UPDATED)
Former Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi has been appointed Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is former 1977 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

DEBATE

In world's biggest democracy- Who can be termed as dictator and why ?

In India - world's biggest democracy - Who can be said to be dictators from among the following. Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), Ms. Sonia Gandhi (AICC Chief), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi Chief Minister), Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan Chief Minister), J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister), Mamta Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister), Naveen Patnayak (Orissa Chief Minister ), K Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana Chief Minister), Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar (Bihar Chief Minister).
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BUREAUCRACY


Dhasmana to be next R&AW Chief?
In all probability, A K Dhasmana will be new R&AW Chief. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

M K Jain to be MD of Bank?
ED of the Punjab and Sindh Bank, M K Jain is believed to have been selected for the post of MD of a nationalised bank. Interview was held early this month.

Marathe to be MD of Bank?
R P Marathe ED of the Bank of Baroda is believed to have been selected for the post of a nationalised bank. Interview was held early this month.


Purkayastha appointed new DGP, WB; joins today
Surajit Kar Purkayastha has been appointed as new Director General of Police (DGP) in West Bengal. Purkayastha, who belongs to a 1983 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre, will take over the charge on May 31, 2016.
(We said this on May 20 and again on May 30)

Lok Nath Behera is new DGP of Kerala
The new LDF Government has removed T P Senkumar from the post of DGP and appointed Lok Nath Behera in his place. Behera is 1985 batch IPS officer.

Dr Jacob Thomas is new DG VACB in Kerala
1985 batch IPS officer Dr Jacob Thomas has been appointed new DG of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) in place of N Shankar Reddy.

Eight CGMs of SBI elevated as DMD
Six Chief General Managers of the State Bank of India have been promoted as Deputy Managing Directors. They are: Anuradha Rao, Padmaja Chunduru, K V Haridas, C Venkat Nageswar, Pallav Mahapatra, Neeraj Vyas, Prashant Kumar and B C Das.
(We said this on May 27)

Ram Subhag Singh appointed as DDG, UIDAI, Chandigarh
Ram Subhag Singh has been appointed as Deputy Director General (DDG), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Chandigarh at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Sanjay Ambadas Chahande appointed as DDG, UIDAI, Mumbai
Sanjay Ambadas Chahande has been appointed as Deputy Director General (DDG), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Mumbai at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Ms Vandana Gupta appointed as Joint Secretary, NCW
Ms Vandana Gupta has been appointed as Joint Secretary, National Commission for Women (NCW) under the Ministry of Women & Child Development. She is a 1990 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

Ms Sonia Sethi appointed as Addl DGFT, Mumbai
Ms Sonia Sethi has been appointed as Additional Director General of Foreign Trade (Adll DGFT), Mumbai at Joint Secretary level officer.

Ms Vasundhara Sinha appointed as Addl DGFT, New Delhi
Ms Vasundhara Sinha has been appointed as Additional Director General of Foreign Trade (Addl DGFT), New Delhi at Joint Secretary level. She is a 1988 batch IRS-IT officer.

Ms Dakshita Das appointed as Joint Secretary, Road Transport
Ms Dakshita Das has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. She is a 1986 batch IRAS officer.

Ms Maushumi Rudra appointed as Financial Adviser, NATGRID
Ms Maushumi Rudra has been appointed as Financial Adviser, National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) at Joint Secretary level. She is a 1992 batch IDAS officer.

Pankaj Kumar Mishra appointed as Director, FIU-IND
Pankaj Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Director, Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) under the Department of Revenue at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1989 batch IRS-IT officer.

Rajeev Ranjan appointed as Joint Secretary, Expenditure
Rajeev Ranjan has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Amar Nath appointed as Joint Secretary, Petroleum
Amar Nath has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

A V Patil appointed as Joint Secretary, Financial Services
A V Patil has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

P N Ranjit Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, AYUSH
P N Ranjit Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH. He is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Sanjeev Kumar Chadha appointed as MD, NAFED
Sanjeev Kumar Chadha has been appointed as Managing Director, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Orissa cadre.

Subir Mallick appointed as Joint Secretary, Defence
Subir Mallick has been appointed as Additional Financial Advisor and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Finance). He is a 1989 batch IA&AS officer.

Anandarajan appointed as Joint Secretary, Defence
Anandarajan V has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence. He is a 1988 batch IRS-IT officer.

Tenure of Anurag Jain as Joint Secretary, PMO extended
The tenure of Anurag Jain as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has been extended for a period of two years beyond June 28, 2016. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

S K Gorai selected as Director (Fin), KIOCL
S K Gorai, GGM, TCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Kudremukh Iron Ore Co Limited (KIOCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 30, 2016. Only three persons were interviewed for the same.

Verma put on compulsory wait
Samir Verma has been put on compulsory wait. A 2002 batch UP cadre IAS officer Verma was PS to Union Minister Water Resources, Uma Bharti.

Will Ravi be shifted?
There are chances that Ravi Kumar N G, PS to Sidhdharamayya is likely to be moved as PS to Uma Bharti, Union Minister. He is a UP cadre IAS officer.

New Navy Chief to take over today
S K Lanba will take over as Chief of Naval Staff on May 31. Presently he is posted at Western Command at Mumbai.

Vice Admiral Luthra takes over Western Naval Command
Vice Admiral Girish Luthra has taken over the reins of Western Naval Command (WNC) as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) from Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba.

Lt Gen Mehta will not be demoted
The Supreme Court has stayed the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) order to demote Lieutenant General N K Mehta of the Army Ordnance Corps to the rank of Brigadier.

Name for Member (Power) NCA sought
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, New Delhi, has invited the name of willing and suitable officers for a filling up the post of Member (Power) in Narmada Control Authority, Indore from the State Governments.

Ministry of Culture in search of a person for ADG, National Museum
Ministry of Culture, New Delhi has invited the name of willing and suitable officers for a filling up the post of Additional Director General in the National Museum, New Delhi.

Sudesh Kumar to return Kerala
IG in the BSF Sudesh Kumar is returning to the parent Kerala cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1987 batch IPS officer.

Burman to be Principal PS to Sonowal
Rajnish Dev Burman is all set to be appointed as Principle Private Secretary to the new Assam CM. He is 1999 batch IRS (IT) officer.

A K Srivastava yet to get orders Director (Tech), SPMCIL
A K Srivastava, GM, SPMCIL, who was selected for the post of Director (Tech), Security Printing and Minting Corporation (I) Limited (SPMCIL) is awaited for his appointment orders as vacancy of this post is arising on June 1, 2016.

P K Purwar yet to get orders Director (Fin), RINL
P K Purwar, Director (Finance), MTNL, who was selected for the post of Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), is awaited for his appointment orders as vacancy of this post is arising on June 1, 2016.

Two Under Secretary level officers shifted in GoI
Two Under Secretary level officers have been transferred and posted to different Departments in Government of India. G Saravanan has been posted to Expenditure while S K Mishra was appointed to Defence.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in AP
As many as 17 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Ashiwini Kuamr Parida has been appointed as Special chief Secretary, Public Enterprises while Ajeya Kallam was made Special Chief Secretary, Finance and Dinesh Kumar is Special Chief Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development and Housing Development. Similarly, P V Ramesh has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Environment, Forests, Science and Technology Department; Jagdish Chander Sharma gets full additional charge of Principal Secretary, GAD Political; Aditya Nath Das as Principal Secretary, School Education Department; Dr Vijay Kumar as Principal Secretary, Minorities Welfare; Ram Prakash Sisodia as Principal Secretary, Tribal Welfare ; Shamsher Singh Rawat as Secretary, Social Welfare; Solomon Arokia Raj as Secretary, Industries & Commerce; I Srinivas Srinaresh as Secretary, Handlooms & Textiles and Managing Director, APCO; Lav Agarwal as Commissioner, Disaster Management and ex-officio Secretary, Revenue; Shashi Bhsuhan Kumar as Secretary, Water Resources; G S K R Vijay a Kumar as VC & MD, APSC Coop Finance Corporation Ltd; I Samuel Anand Kumar as Director, Health & FW and Executive Director, NHRM; M Rama Rao as Director, Social Welfare and Sridhar has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Public Enterprises.

Health ADG C R K Nair retiring today
C R K Nair, Additional Director General in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is retiring on May 31. He is an HAG level officer of the Indian Statistical Service.

Kumar transferred from Goa
Dhiraj Kumar has been transferred from Goa to Faizabad as PAO DRC. He is a 2013 batch IDAS officer.

Piyush Srivastava appointed as Commissioner, DC, MSME
Piyush Srivastava has been appointed as Additional Development Commissioner, DC, MSME. He is a 1993 batch IES Officer.

Vishnukanth appointed as Dy Accountant General in PAG office, Kerala
P B Vishnukanth (IA&AS-2009), Deputy Director (CS/CX-II) in the office of Director General of Audit, Central, Chennai at branch Kochi has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Funds) in the office of Principal Accountant General (A&E), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat arising in June
A vacancy of Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat in Government of India is arising in June.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary, Road Transport arising in June
A vacancy of Joint Secretary, in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is arising in June.

1985 batch IPS gets ACS rank in Jharkhand
Two 1985 batch IAS officers K. Vidyasagar and Sudhir Tripathi were promoted to additional chief secretary rank on Monday.

IPS postings in West Bengal
Raj Kanojia has been appointed DG Home Guards in West Benga while D P Tarenia will now be DG State Crime Bureau and Kanojia retains his additional charge of coastal security. Besides, C V Muralidhar DG Armed Police has been made the Adviser of Security and Vigilance at WBSEDCL.

Pattanayak is also Secretary, Food & Public Distribution
Shobhana K Pattanayak has been assigned an additional charge of Food and Public Distribution from June 17 to June 27, 2016. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Jitendra Agrawal appointed as PCCF, Wildlife in MP
Jitendra Agrawal has been appointed as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), Wildlife in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in MP
Four IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Swati Meena has been appointed as Collector, Khandwa while Tejaswini Naik was made Collector, Barwani and N K Agrawal will now be Commissioner, Treasury. Besides, Neelam Swamy Rao was made Managing Director, Rural Development Corporation.

Tenure of Prof Rajat Moona as DG, CDAC
The tenure of Prof. Rajat Moona as Director General, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (DG, CDAC) has been extended for a period of one year with effect from June 1, 2016.


Delhi High Court gets four Judges
Justice Parkash SinghTeji, Justice Inder Singh Mehta, Justice Ravindra Kumar Gauba, and Mrs Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, Additional Judges of Delhi High Court, have been appointed as Judges of the Delhi High Court.

IAS officer arrested in Rajasthan
The ACB has arrested IAS officer Neeraj K Pawan in Rajsthan.

IAS officer suspended in Haryana
1991 batch IAS officer Sandeep Garg has been suspended by the Haryana Government.

10 DANICS officers shifted in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
As many as 10 DANICS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Delhi Government. Accordingly, Navlendra Kumar has been appointed as ADM South East Revenue while K C Surender was made ADM, North Revenue and Vivek Aggarwal is ADM, North West Revenue. Similarly, Kuldeep Singh has been appointed as Joint Commissioner, T&T; Ramesh Chander as ADM, West Revenue; M T Kom as Joint Registrar, Cooperative Societies; Amit Kumar as Superintendent Central Jail; Rajiv Singh as Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies; Ved Prakash as Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Societies and Mukesh Rajora was posted as Deputy Director, Education.

Ashok Lavasa designated as Finance Secretary (UPDATED)
Ashok Lavasa has been designated as a Finance Secretary. He is a 1980 batch IAS Officer of Haryana cadre.

Ramesh K Yadav appointed Asst Director, Consumer Affairs (UPDATED)
Ramesh Kumar Yadav has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director, Consumer Affairs. He is a 2012 batch IES Officer.

J Walia appointed as C-in-C, Hqrs, SFC Delhi (UPDATED)
Air Marshal J Walia presently AOC-in-C, Headquarters SAC, Thiruvanantapuram has been appointed as Commander-in-Chief, Headquarters SFC, Delhi with effect from August 1, 2016.

S Neelakantan appointed as AOC-in-C, SAC Thiruvananthpuram (UPDATED)
Air Marshal S Neelakantan presently AOP, Air Headquarters Delhi, has been appointed as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Headquarters, SAC, Thiruvananthpuram with effect from August 1, 2018.

B Suresh appointed as AOP, Air Hqrs Delhi (UPDATED)
Air Marshal B Suresh presently, SASO, Headquarters, WAC, Delhi, has been appointed as AOP, Air Headquarters, Delhi with effect from August 1, 2016.

P C Pharka appointed as Chief Secretary, Himachal (UPDATED)
A 1983 batch IAS officer, Vidya Chander Pharka has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh.

(We said this on may 16,2016)

Pradip Kumar Mazumdar appointed Advisor to CM, West Bengal (UPDATED)
Pradip Kumar Mazumdar has been appointed as Advisor to Chief Minister of West Bengal on contract basis for a period of two years.

Goutam Sanyal re-employed as PS to CM, West Bengal (UPDATED)
Goutam Sanyal has been re-employed as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister co-terminus with tenure of Chief Minister in West Bengal.

Ashok K Verma selected as Director (Marketing), FACT (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Verma has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 31, 2016. As many as four persons were interviewed for the same.

ITDC posts profit for the fourth consecutive year (UPDATED)
Board of Directors has recommended Dividend of 15% amounting to Rs.12.87 crore. Recently awarded with "Fastest Growing Mini Ratna PSU" award for 2015; India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Ltd, the public sector undertaking under the aegis of the Ministry of Tourism, posted a strong performance yet again for the financial year 2015-16. The Corporation recorded a turnover of Rs.465.69 cr whereas, Profit Before Tax (PBT) stood at Rs.32.42 cr and Profit After Tax (PAT) was recorded at Rs 22.55 cr. ITDC posts profit for the fourth consecutive year. This was announced in the Board Meeting of the company held on 30th May at the Group's flagship hotel, The Ashok, New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion Umang Narula, IAS, Chairman & Managing Director, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Ltd. said "FY 2015-16 has been a motivating year for ITDC. The profit is the result of several proactive initiatives taken by the organization to improve productivity and efficiency at the beginning of the year. The organisation took all necessary steps to keep the operational cost under control and to ensure that every division endeavors towards the profit making journey of the organization." "Besides posting continuous profit year after year, ITDC has maintained its status of Mini Ratna and its commitment towards the shareholders through announcing consistent dividends for last three consecutive years." Narula further added. The Hotels Division, Ashok International Trade division and Ashok events division of ITDC were other contributors to the profit for FY 2015-16. All three Delhi based hotels: The Ashok, Samrat and Janpath showed very good performance and clocked net profits. Hotel Patliputra Ashok, Patna and Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, Mysore also made profit. Other hotels of the Corporation also showed improved performance during the year.

Deepak Mishra relieved (UPDATED)
Deepak Mishra has been relieved from Delhi Police to join CRPF as ADG . A 1984 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer Mishra was Spl CP in DP.

Madhusudan Prasad is new Member PESB (UPDATED)
Outgoing Secretary Commerce in the GoI Madhusudan has been appointed new Member of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Nishi Singh appointed as Member, CBDT (UPDATED)
Ms Nishi Singh has been appointed as Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). She is an 1979 batch IRS-IT officer.
(We said this on May 13, 23 and 27 )

Gopal Mukherjee appointed as Member, CBDT (UPDATED)
Gopal Mukherjee has been appointed as Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). He is an 1980 batch IRS-IT officer.
(We said this on May 13, 23 and 27 )

11 IDES officers promoted to Sr ADG/Principal Director grade (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers of Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES) have been promoted to the grade of Senior Additional Director General/Principal Director, Defence Estates. The officers are: Sujoy Das Gupta, J S Dhadwad, Sauvik Majumdar, A V Singh, S C Kaushik, Rajiv Sharma, Harish Prasad, Dr D K Malik and Ms Guta K Perti.

T G Negi appointed as PS to CM, Himachal Pradesh (UPDATED)
T G Negi has been appointed as PS to Chief Minister, Himachala Pradesh. He is a 1980 batch retired IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers of Karnataka (UPDATED)
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Mrs K Ratna Prabha has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary in place of V Umesh while D V Prasad was made Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce & Industries and M Lakshminarayana as Principal Secretry, Public Works, Ports & Inland Water Transport. Similarly, Jawaid Akthr has been appointed as Principal Secretry, health & family welfare department with additional charge of MD, KPTCL; Kapil Mohan as Chairman, Karnataka Appellate Tribunal; Pankaj Kumar Pandey as CEO, KIADB, Bengaluru with charge of MD, BESCOM; Dr Richard Vincent D'Souza as Deputy Commissioner, Kodagu district, Madikeri and Dr B R Mamatha was posted as Deputy Commissioner, Ramangara district.

CORPORATE

Cerwinka appointed Chairman of Hitachi Home
Hitachi Home and Life Solutions (India) Limited has appointed Franz Cerwinka as a Chairman of the company.

Alok Shriram re-designated as VC & Dy. MD of DCM Shriram
DCM Shriram Industries Ltd has re-designated Alok B Shriram who is presently Deputy Managing Director as Vice Chairman and Deputy Managing Director of the company.

Singhee re-appointed Joint MD of SVOGL Oil Gas
SVOGL Oil Gas and Energy Ltd has re-appointed Padam Singhee as Joint Managing Director of the company with effect from June 1, 2016.

Shah re-appointed MD of Maximaa Systems Ltd
Maximaa Systems Ltd has re-appointed Manoj Shah as the Managing Director of the company.

Abdi resigns as MD & CEO of ABG Shipyard Ltd
Syed Abdi has resigned as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ABG Shipyard Ltd.


Gupta appointed CMD of Cyber Media
Cyber Media (India) Limited has appointed Pradeep Gupta as Chairman and Managing Director of the company.


Ms Gupta appointed CFO of Jindal Poly Investment
Jindal Poly Investment and Finance Company Limited has appointed Ms Shakshi Gupta as Chief Financial Officer of the company.


Garg appointed Independent Director of Bharat Rasayan Ltd
Bharat Rasayan Limited has appointed Suresh Kumar Garg as Non Executive and Independent Director of the company.


Kumar appointed CS of Celebrity Fashions Ltd
Celebrity Fashions Limited has appointed A Rishi Kumar as Company Secretary of the company.


Kapadia appointed Ind Director of West Coast Paper Mills
West Coast Paper Mills Limited has appointed P N Kapadia as an Independent Director of the company.

Reddy re-appointed MD of SS Organics Ltd
SS Organics Ltd has re-appointed V N Sunanda Reddy as Managing Director of the company

Swami resigns as CFO of Inox Wind Ltd
Rajgopal Swami has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Inox Wind Ltd.

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Attacks on African national shameful

The recent attacks on African national in Delhi and other parts of the country is shameful. It is a fact that we Indians (particularly North Indians) are highly prejudiced against dark skinned people. This fact is reiterated by the number of advertisements for FAIR SKIN products. Mere condemnation of the incidences by MEA will not be sufficient, if we have to avoid back lash against Indians in African countries. MEA should make an appeal to the people of India though various media that we should respect African visitors to our country and not harass/abuse them because of their colour. If we do our Indians in those countries would face similar harassment. Such a strong message is needed.

S Gopal

Caste in discussion

When channels and newspapers report 'IAS topper is Dalit girl' you rejoice. No sermon that caste is being mentioned. When a general candidate brings to notice that in spite of having got more marks than her, he is out of exam and she is topper due to reservation benefit, you accuse of bringing caste in the discussion.

Rakesh Tiwari

Thanedar's sons and daughters

Dynastic politics has become almost a rule in Indian democracy. Nehru is the usherer of dynastic politics in India, and he would feel hesitant to advise anyone more so to his daughter, to desist from the formula of Nehru-Gandhi family and make it more workable by including and making it broad based by renaming it Gandhi-Nehru-Bose-Azad and Patel formula. Naturally she promoted Sanjay and he became law unto himself. I remember that he would use to visit various parts of the country and as son of Indira Gandhi, he would be accorded almost similar reception, honour and treatment as if she had come, wherever he went. Once in early 1980s, he came to Bhatinda, the congress members went to see the deputy commissioner to make all arrangements. They were told by the polite deputy commissioner that he would make arrangements only if he got written orders from the govt. His complaint was made to CM. But the officer was so fine that he made the same reply to CM and the Chief Secretary. Some how the tour passed off ,but the deputy commissioner was transferred. The dynastic tendencies have reached the village Panchayat and the municipal committee level, not to speak of the state leaders, ministers and CMs. The dynastic rule in democracy has taken root in India. Not only sons and daughters are promoted but other relatives as brothers, sisters, sons- in- law, daughters-in law, brothers-in -law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, and cousins are preferred and that too very shamelessly. It is this dynastic syndrome ,which has brought almost doom for the oldest political party of India, The lessons have not been learnt and still that trumpet is being blown making the stalwarts look like tiny insects of sycophancy. The congress and the other dynastic parties will never learn and continue to flout democratic ethos. Once, I told a very upright secretary in Government of India that the whole power was vested in one family in a particular state, and the rest have turned into vermins. He told me way back that the power was meant for the families. He had to swallow the disgrace by the same family, when he was not made chief secretary in spite of his seniority.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

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