Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday tried to remove an impression that the State government was taking arbitrary decisions on transfer of bureaucrats.
Speaking to presspersons on his arrival here, he said V. Rashmi, who was Director-General of the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) had sought a transfer herself and the government only conceded the request.
Performance reports
On the compulsory retirement of M.N. Vijayakumar, who was officer on special duty and Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Mr. Siddaramaiah tried to make light of the government’s role in it.
“The Centre asked the State to furnish some records and documents and we only complied with it,” he added. Mr. Vijayakumar was asked to go on compulsory retirement three days before he attained superannuation.The transfer of the two officials had created an impression in the public that the government brooked no criticism or difference of opinion on some of its decisions aired by senior officials.
Responding to the former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna’s statement in a section of the press that there was a need for an evaluation of the government’s performance as also the Ministers, Mr. Siddaramaiah said he had the performance reports of all his ministerial colleagues.
“We conduct periodic evaluation of the performance of Ministers, and Mr. Krishna may or may not be aware of it,” the Chief Minister said.
Mr. Siddaramaiah concurred with Mr. Krishna’s statements that the Anna Bhagya scheme was a follow-up on the Garibi Hatao scheme launched by the Congress during Indira Gandhi’s period.
“Besides Anna Bhagya we have launched many welfare schemes and they were reflective of the party’s commitment to the socially and economically weaker section of society,” he added.
He tries to remove impression that arbitrary decisions are being taken
