BRS criticises Chief Minister for sidelining top bureaucrats

Party leader R S Praveen Kumar says department heads turned into mere ceremonial figures under the Congress rule and were being subjected to humiliation

Hyderabad: BRS senior leader RS Praveen Kumar charged Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy with centralising power and sidelining top bureaucrats. He said the department heads were turned into mere ceremonial figures under the Congress rule and were being subjected to humiliation.

“IAS, IPS, IFS – notwithstanding their posts, are all controlled by Revanth Reddy. The Chief Secretary, the DGP and the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) – all are being mistreated as if they are meant to take hefty salaries and sit silently in their air-conditioned rooms,” he said.

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Responding to reports of certain forest officials going on a foreign tour without the consent of senior IFS officer and PCCF RM Dobriyal, Praveen took a dig at Revanth Reddy for bypassing crucial administrative protocols. While admitting the need for tourism development, he insisted that proper procedures must be followed.

“Sending Forest Department officials on foreign trips without informing their senior officer is a clear attempt to suppress the system. Would the Chief Minister tolerate a Minister or a MLA traveling abroad without his knowledge?” he questioned. The former IPS officer criticised the sidelining of Dobriyal, who is known as a senior and sincere officer.

“Bypassing him is a direct insult to the post and the department. How did the Centre grant political clearance for these trips without the HoD’s recommendation?” he asked, stating that the Revanth Reddy government was making officials scapegoats to cover up its own misdeeds.