Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has decided to take corrective measures to regulate the functioning Chief Minister’s office, following the allegations that it is operating as an analogous secretariat by former Chief Secretary IYR Krishna Rao. Ministers, legislators and civil servants concur with IYR’s view and are of the opinion that the CMO’s intervention in their day-to-day activities increased tremendously, including taking decisions regarding their ministries without notifying them.
Allegations are that the CMO has been ignoring the Chief Secretary as well. It has been acting independently in favor of the ruling party. With the CMO being surrounded by controversies, the Chief Minister has decided to take remedial steps, as he does not want to send wrong signals to the people. Even the Intelligence reports, allegedly cited that Chandrababu needs to counteractive steps to regulate CMO.
The recent medical scandal surrounding CMO, decrease in the number of files being moved and the failure to meet the targets in welfare schemes, called for the immediate attention towards CMO.
There are a number of Special Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Joint Secretaries with different ranks in the CMO and more than half of them have various allegations against them.
Mostly likely in this week, these officers will be delegated with specific responsibilities. Chandrababu visualizes AP as Sunrise state. To meet the goals and be on forefront with his speed, the CMO needs to have better officials who are not surrounded by controversies. Under these circumstances, the TDP chief will mostly likely change the due course of his administrative system in about a week.
