HYDERABAD: Ministers and bureaucrats alike are yet to come to grips with style of governance of Kiran Kumar Reddy even as he completes one month after being named chief minister today.
Kiran has not held a cabinet meeting after the first one on 2nd dec, and many senior ministers claim they have had no interaction with him in the last 20 days. In the past, cabinet meetings were held once a week.
In the meantime, dozens of applications, requests and invitations are said to be piling up unanswered in the government and also at the CM's office.
According to sources, save for the package for farmers that was announced by Kiran Reddy during the winter session of the assembly a few days ago, no major policy decision has been taken by the regime. "The chief minister has not yet held a single departmental review along with the minister concerned. All the requests of his ministers regarding appointment of personal staff in their peshis are waiting the CM's nod for the past 20 days. In fact, since the appointments have not been cleared, some ministers are paying their staff from their pockets," lamented a minister.
Scores of requests submitted by various companies and departments for the CM's message on New Year eve have not yet been cleared, said sources.
"Now, there is hardly any time left for the companies and departments to print it and start distribution from January 1, 2011," said one official.
Favour seekers are also not getting priority with Kiran Kumar Reddy as they would, say, in YSR's regime. As an illustration, one well known doctor met Kiran for a recommendation for the prestigious Dr BC Roy award.
"The chief minister agreed and sought the required papers. The doctor sent three sets of papers so that the state government could forward its nomination along with the CM's recommendation. But even after a fortnight, the file has not yet been cleared. With the last date for submission nearing, the doctor is desparately seeking to meet Kiran," said the sources. They pointed out how keeping everybody happy stands chief ministers in good stead.
"Of course, it is a fact that the Kiran government has been facing rebellion since the first day starting with complaints about portfolio distribution. This has been followed by Jagan's antics," said a senior bureaucrat.
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