Senior Odisha-cadre IAS officer Aparajita Sarangi, who had sought voluntary retirement in September, joined the BJP last week. Joining the party just before the...
While many ex-bureaucrats & diplomats have succeeded in politics before, this phenomenon of joining parties just before elections has grown in recent times.
If the armed forces are restructured on modern lines, it will enable them to undertake the complex multiple tasks that is expected of them, with lesser manpower.
The Devyani Khobragade case is complex as it involves 3 tricky factors: class, caste and caste. This, because in caste hierarchy of sarkar-i-hind, the highest caste of all is the Indian Foreign Service.
For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
“Birds of a feather, flock together”. Some people get attracted to a political party as if by a magnet. Satyapal Singh IPS couldn’t resist the urge, he retired prematurely and joined the BJP. Soon he was frowning at Darwin for the latter’s stupid theory of evolution. Another leader of the same party, I forget his name, had said that Ganesh ji acquired an elephant’s trunk through plastic surgery. So you see! When heart yearns to unite with the like-minded brethren, how can IAS IPS etc come in the way?
What about public morality and political favouritism? If someone is resigning from service and immediately joining politics.It can’t be denied that at the time need a bureaucrat can easily gather favour from administrative machinery of government to fulfill the desired result of political party which may be ruinous for society in long run. It is necessary to prevent bureaucrats from joining politics for social good. The recent instances will set wrong precedences for new bureaucrats.
“Birds of a feather, flock together”. Some people get attracted to a political party as if by a magnet. Satyapal Singh IPS couldn’t resist the urge, he retired prematurely and joined the BJP. Soon he was frowning at Darwin for the latter’s stupid theory of evolution. Another leader of the same party, I forget his name, had said that Ganesh ji acquired an elephant’s trunk through plastic surgery. So you see! When heart yearns to unite with the like-minded brethren, how can IAS IPS etc come in the way?
There should be conduct rules framed and incorporated to politicians too, since they are paid public servants
What about public morality and political favouritism? If someone is resigning from service and immediately joining politics.It can’t be denied that at the time need a bureaucrat can easily gather favour from administrative machinery of government to fulfill the desired result of political party which may be ruinous for society in long run. It is necessary to prevent bureaucrats from joining politics for social good. The recent instances will set wrong precedences for new bureaucrats.