Siliguri SDO unhappy with Trinamul minister’s attitude
23 January 2012
statesman news service
SILIGURI, 23 JAN: After the change of guard at Writers’ Buildings this
is the first time in north Bengal that an IAS officer has expressed
unhappiness over alleged misbehaviour from a Cabinet minister of the
Mamata Banerjee government.
Siliguri SDO Sourav Pahari today said he was hurt with the language
that the minister concerned had used while talking to him over phone
yesterday.
It was learnt from administrative officials now based in north Bengal
that several IAS officials had privately taken exception to the
minister's choice of words, but so far they have not openly expressed
annoyance on the matter.
Mr Pahari said the minister had called him last afternoon regarding
the North Bengal Festival that is scheduled to be inaugurated by the
chief minister in Siliguri on 10 February.
“The minister asked me why I had not attended the meeting convened to
discuss preparations regarding the festival. I explained to him that I
had not been officially informed about the meeting. I also told him
firmly yet politely that it was against the official protocol to
attend meeting without being informed beforehand,” the Siliguri SDO
said.
It was learnt from other administrative officials that Mr Deb warned
Mr Pahari that he would not be allowed to get close to the chief
minister during her upcoming Siliguri visit.
Mr Pahari said he would not attend the chief minister’s programme
unless officially asked to do. “If the chief minister calls me I am
duty-bound to go. Otherwise I would not voluntarily approach her. This
is something which stands against my sense of dignity,” he said.
When asked to clarify whether the information office in Siliguri had
dispatched the letter to the SDO Siliguri sub-divisional information
officer Jagadish Roy said the staff concerned had handed over the
letter to the SDO office. “I do not know whether anybody in the SDO
office had officially received the letter,” he said. When informed of
the matter, the senior Trinamul Congress leader and state public
health engineering and panchayat minister Mr Subrata Mukherjee said he
would inquire into the matter.
23 January 2012
statesman news service
SILIGURI, 23 JAN: After the change of guard at Writers’ Buildings this
is the first time in north Bengal that an IAS officer has expressed
unhappiness over alleged misbehaviour from a Cabinet minister of the
Mamata Banerjee government.
Siliguri SDO Sourav Pahari today said he was hurt with the language
that the minister concerned had used while talking to him over phone
yesterday.
It was learnt from administrative officials now based in north Bengal
that several IAS officials had privately taken exception to the
minister's choice of words, but so far they have not openly expressed
annoyance on the matter.
Mr Pahari said the minister had called him last afternoon regarding
the North Bengal Festival that is scheduled to be inaugurated by the
chief minister in Siliguri on 10 February.
“The minister asked me why I had not attended the meeting convened to
discuss preparations regarding the festival. I explained to him that I
had not been officially informed about the meeting. I also told him
firmly yet politely that it was against the official protocol to
attend meeting without being informed beforehand,” the Siliguri SDO
said.
It was learnt from other administrative officials that Mr Deb warned
Mr Pahari that he would not be allowed to get close to the chief
minister during her upcoming Siliguri visit.
Mr Pahari said he would not attend the chief minister’s programme
unless officially asked to do. “If the chief minister calls me I am
duty-bound to go. Otherwise I would not voluntarily approach her. This
is something which stands against my sense of dignity,” he said.
When asked to clarify whether the information office in Siliguri had
dispatched the letter to the SDO Siliguri sub-divisional information
officer Jagadish Roy said the staff concerned had handed over the
letter to the SDO office. “I do not know whether anybody in the SDO
office had officially received the letter,” he said. When informed of
the matter, the senior Trinamul Congress leader and state public
health engineering and panchayat minister Mr Subrata Mukherjee said he
would inquire into the matter.
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