Storm over IAS officers’ spat yet to subside

The storm raised by the general public spat between two senior IAS officers in Mysuru amidst the battle towards the pandemic is yet to subside even because the Mysuru City Corporation councillors took to the streets over the difficulty, on Friday.

Though Chief Secretary Ravi Kumar paid a go to to the town and held extended dialogue with the officers, the main target was on tackling COVID-19.

Shilpa Nag, Commissioner, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), who created a flutter by saying her ‘resignation’ from the civil companies citing harassment and humiliation by Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, was late by over 45 minutes to the assembly.

Prior to the assembly Mr. Ravi Kumar denied having obtained any resignation letter whereas post-meeting the officers didn’t communicate to the media. The Chief Secretary held intensive dialogue on the administration of the pandemic and later visited among the hospitals within the metropolis. Later, Mr. Ravi Kumar, Regional Commissioner G.C. Prakash and Ms. Shilpa Nag have been closeted for practically 20 minutes earlier than leaving the venue.

Meanwhile, councillors of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) led by in-charge Mayor Anwar Baig held an illustration within the metropolis urging the federal government to retain Ms. Shilpa Nag as Commissioner.

There have been related demonstrations by civic employees together with pourakarmikas whereas “I stand with our Commissioner – madam Shilpa Nag’’ was trending on social media. But there have been as many supporters for Ms. Sindhuri too whereas most searched for a closure of their public spat and focus on dealing with the pandemic.

Earlier within the day, Ms. Shilpa Nag was conspicuous by her absence on the operate held to have a good time the beginning anniversary of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar – described as mannequin ruler who laid the foundations for contemporary Mysuru – although Ms. Sindhuri was current.

The latter reiterated her stance and informed mediapersons that she had solely sought rectification of figures as there was a mismatch in knowledge rising from the struggle room and the MCC. Ms. Sindhuri additionally stood by her determination to search particulars on how the CSR contributions have been utilised including that any grievance has to be resolved by means of correct channels.

District in-charge Minister S.T. Somashekar mentioned that the main target was on decreasing the COVID-19 instances in Mysuru district and that the tussle between the 2 IAS officers could be resolved by the Chief Secretary. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa was additionally apprised of it.

The Congress was fast to nook the Minister for his remarks and KPCC working president R. Dhruvanarayan sought Mr. Somashekar’s resignation stating that he, had failed to rein within the officers and guarantee higher coordination between them because of which there was mismanagement on the COVID-19 entrance in Mysuru district.