CM Bommai urges DCs to bring in change, work with team spirit
Bengaluru, Dec 31: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday urged Deputy Commissioners of districts to bring in change, instead of just thinking about it.
He asked DCs to work with team spirit and face the challenges unitedly to make the district administrations dynamic.
"Promptly implement the government's bold decisions taken to make the administration more responsive to people's plight, work proactively in the districts to give good administration, instead of just thinking about change, take the lead to bring the change yourself," Bommai said.
He was addressing the Deputy Commissioners' conference at Vidhana Soudha here.
Stating that the government has proved to be alive and responsive by reaching out to the people to redress their grievances, the Chief Minister said, Crop compensation has been paid within 48 hours of uploading the report in Parihara App.
"It has been made possible to provide relief to 83 per cent of affected farmers due to the efficiency of Deputy Commissioners," he said, appreciating their performance.
According to a CMO statement, Bommai instructed DCs to ensure speedy disposal of land disputes and cases which are pending for more than 5 years at the level of Tahsildars, Assistant Commissioners and DCs, and said, that "the government is ready to recruit additional Tahsildars and Assistant Commissioners to accomplish the task."
Bommai stressed the need for making the administration more responsive to take the welfare programmes to people's doors.
Revenue minister R Ashoka, who also addressed the conference, said periodic progress review of development works should be held compulsorily, and the DCs should reserve at least one day in a month for encroachment clearance drive.
A programme to take government services to people's doors in rural areas is being launched on January 26 which includes issuing documents at the doors of the people. DCs should make this programme a grand success, he said.
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Sujit Nair raises concerns over speculation of DMK-AIADMK understanding to block TVK
Chennai: Journalist and political commentator Sujit Nair has expressed concern over speculation that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam could explore a post-poll understanding to prevent Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam from forming the government in Tamil Nadu.
In a social media post, Sujit Nair said the election verdict in Tamil Nadu reflected a clear public demand for political change and argued that the mandate should be respected irrespective of political preferences.
Referring to reports and political discussions surrounding a possible understanding between the DMK and AIADMK, he said he hoped such developments remained only speculative conversations and did not turn into reality.
Nair stated that if such an alliance were to take shape, it would raise serious questions about ideological politics in the country. He said TVK had emerged through a democratic electoral process and that the legitimacy to govern in a parliamentary democracy comes from the people’s verdict.
According to him, attempts to prevent an electoral winner from forming the government through unexpected political arrangements may be constitutionally valid, but many people could view them as politically opportunistic.
He further said that such a move could particularly affect the political image of the DMK, which has historically projected itself around ideology, social justice and opposition politics. Nair said that in ideological terms, the DMK appeared closer to TVK than to the AIADMK, and joining hands with its long-time political rival only to remain in power could weaken its broader political narrative.
He added that the same questions would apply to the AIADMK as well, as the party had spent decades positioning itself against the DMK and such an arrangement could create discomfort among its cadre and supporters.
Drawing a comparison with Maharashtra politics in 2019, Nair said he had expressed similar views when the Shiv Sena formed an alliance with the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party after the Assembly elections.
He said post-poll alliances between long-standing political rivals often create a public perception that ideology and electoral mandates become secondary when political power equations come into play.
Nair also said such developments increase public cynicism towards politics and reinforce the belief among voters that ideology is often sidelined after elections.
He maintained that the Tamil Nadu verdict was emphatic and said respecting both the spirit and substance of the mandate was important for the credibility of democratic politics.
