BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari seeks motion on West Bengal IAS officer for ‘renaming’ central initiatives

By PTI

KOLKATA: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take motion in opposition to an IAS officer of West Bengal for allegedly flouting service guidelines by renaming three central initiatives in an official order.

Sharing his letter to the PM on Twitter, the BJP chief claimed that Uttar Dinajpur District Magistrate & Collector Arvind Kumar Mina, a central cadre officer, has renamed the central schemes to make them seem like these of the state authorities and tried to “steal undue credit”.

@PMOIndia@HMOIndia@jdhankhar1#Cabinet_Secretary_Rajiv_Gauba@BhallaAjay26@DARPG_GoI@DoPTGoI@IASassociation@chief_west #Hari_Krishna_Dwivedi@DMUttarDinajpur@arvind0403

— Suvendu Adhikari • শুভেন্দু অধিকারী (@SuvenduWB) April 21, 2022

Adhikari additionally posted a replica of that April 20 order on his Twitter deal with after digitally marking the “renamed” schemes.

The ruling Trinamool Congress claimed that Adhikari’s submit exposes his ignorance about governance. “This order exposes political leaning & misplaced prejudice to promote the agenda of the ruling party of WB, i.e.to rebrand central government schemes as their own and try to steal undue credit,” the Nandigram MLA tweeted.

He mentioned that the IAS officer had referred to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana as Bangla Awas Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission as Mission Nirmal Bangla and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana as Bangla Gram Sadak Yojana.

In these initiatives, the associated fee is shared between the Centre and state governments within the ratio of 60:40 in most states. “I believe that you would look into the matter and if you feel my concern is genuine, then you would ask competent authorities to take proper action,” the letter learn. The district Justice of the Peace couldn’t be contacted.

TMC nationwide spokesperson Sukhendu Sekhar Roy advised PTI: “Such comments by him (Adhikari) reveal his ignorance (about governance). There is little point in rebutting Suvendu Adhikari’s arguments and giving him undue importance.”