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ith ministers making a beeline for Delhi to lobby for or against bifurcation of the state, governance has been left to babulog in recent weeks. Over the last one week, the usual hustle bustle has been missing in Secretariat.
On Wednesday, the administrative hub of the state was deserted with even chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy away in Medak. When he returned, it was to his camp office in Begumpet. His deputy Damodar Rajanarasimha was away visiting the temple in Yadagirigutta. Kanna Lakshminarayana returned from a trip to Shirdi and was off to Delhi. Secondary education minister Parthasarathi was available in Secretariat but only to release a college lecturers’ diary. The absenteeism has affected the pre-budget exercise launched by finance minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy on Jan. 17.
Meetings were held with the higher education and agriculture departments but then further proceedings had to be put off as ministers rushed away to Delhi, sources said.
According to sources, 10 Telangana ministers and 20 of their Seemandhra counterparts have stayed away from work in the past week. Many ministers have been skipping work on and off in the past few months on the ruse that they have to visit Delhi or participate in the Telangana maneouvres.
“An enormous amount of time and money is being spent on the Telangana issue by these ministers. Things will continue like this until the Centre takes a decision on Telangana. In the absence of ministers, decision making has become difficult. Some bureaucrats are in touch with their ministers on the phone while some have decided to keep matters pending till the return of the minister,’’ an IAS officer told Express.
With the ministers away and the babulog taking it easy, it was leisure time for secretarial staff. Some employees were seen coming to work 11.30 am and then proceeding to engage colleagues in gossip.
Published Date: Jan 24, 2013 8:30 AM
Last Updated: Jan 24, 2013 8:30 AM
ith ministers making a beeline for Delhi to lobby for or against bifurcation of the state, governance has been left to babulog in recent weeks. Over the last one week, the usual hustle bustle has been missing in Secretariat.
On Wednesday, the administrative hub of the state was deserted with even chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy away in Medak. When he returned, it was to his camp office in Begumpet. His deputy Damodar Rajanarasimha was away visiting the temple in Yadagirigutta. Kanna Lakshminarayana returned from a trip to Shirdi and was off to Delhi. Secondary education minister Parthasarathi was available in Secretariat but only to release a college lecturers’ diary. The absenteeism has affected the pre-budget exercise launched by finance minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy on Jan. 17.
Meetings were held with the higher education and agriculture departments but then further proceedings had to be put off as ministers rushed away to Delhi, sources said.
According to sources, 10 Telangana ministers and 20 of their Seemandhra counterparts have stayed away from work in the past week. Many ministers have been skipping work on and off in the past few months on the ruse that they have to visit Delhi or participate in the Telangana maneouvres.
“An enormous amount of time and money is being spent on the Telangana issue by these ministers. Things will continue like this until the Centre takes a decision on Telangana. In the absence of ministers, decision making has become difficult. Some bureaucrats are in touch with their ministers on the phone while some have decided to keep matters pending till the return of the minister,’’ an IAS officer told Express.
With the ministers away and the babulog taking it easy, it was leisure time for secretarial staff. Some employees were seen coming to work 11.30 am and then proceeding to engage colleagues in gossip.
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