On
his first day in office as Delhi's new chief minister, Mr Kejriwal
worked for six straight hours. At around 1:30 pm, the 45-year-old drove
in his blue Wagon-R to the Delhi Secretariat in central Delhi, less than
two hours after taking oath at the Ramlila Maidan, a ceremony which was
attended by over a lakh people. He left office at 7:30 pm.
Despite Saturday being a holiday, officials and staff were present at the Delhi Secretariat to attend to the new chief minister. With Arvind Kejriwal taking charge, sources say that the Delhi Secretariat may now work six-days-a-week
In his six hours at work on Saturday Arvind Kejriwal met the heads of the Delhi Jal Board, Indraprastha Gas Limited, Delhi's Police Commissioner BS Bassi, and called two cabinet meetings with his team
Arvind Kejriwal in a cabinet meeting with his ministers on Saturday
All the seven people who took oath as ministers in Delhi's new government, including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, wore their trademark white sidecaps emblazoned with the party's name on one side and slogans on other in Hindi saying "I seek full freedom" and "I seek self-rule" and "I am a common man".
All were dressed simply in pullover and trousers.
None wore formal suits or even jackets.
Earlier each of them had travelled like common commuters by Metro from their homes to the Ramlila Maidan, shunning the usual trappings of power like big cars and security cavalcade.
Despite Saturday being a holiday, officials and staff were present at the Delhi Secretariat to attend to the new chief minister. With Arvind Kejriwal taking charge, sources say that the Delhi Secretariat may now work six-days-a-week
In his six hours at work on Saturday Arvind Kejriwal met the heads of the Delhi Jal Board, Indraprastha Gas Limited, Delhi's Police Commissioner BS Bassi, and called two cabinet meetings with his team
Arvind Kejriwal in a cabinet meeting with his ministers on Saturday
The Delhi cabinet decided that no minister or government official will be allowed to use the red beacon or lal batti that signals a VIP's car and confers right of way. Following that order, authorities have begun removing red beacons from vehicles at the Secretariat in Delhi
All the seven people who took oath as ministers in Delhi's new government, including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, wore their trademark white sidecaps emblazoned with the party's name on one side and slogans on other in Hindi saying "I seek full freedom" and "I seek self-rule" and "I am a common man".
All were dressed simply in pullover and trousers.
None wore formal suits or even jackets.
Earlier each of them had travelled like common commuters by Metro from their homes to the Ramlila Maidan, shunning the usual trappings of power like big cars and security cavalcade.
A Frog in Well ?
ReplyDeleteIn Sanskrit , it is called , " Koop Mandook "
A frog which cannot see the Sun rise ( - in Sanskrit , Arvind stands for Sun )
There is no other explanation for Nitin Gadkari to allege that a leading industrialist brokered a deal between AAP and Congress
There is no other explanation for Dr Harshvardhan to say ,
" AAP will fail to deliver on its promises "
The leader of the opposition in Delhi Assembly ( who , in his post-swearing in speech , Arvind described as a " good man " ) , could not have dreamed that Arvind will motivate 50,000 Delhi-ites to chant ,
" I will neither offer bribe , nor take bribe "
The good Doctor could not have realized that , after this slogan , Arvind need not worry about fulfilling AAP's poll promises
With this slogan , people of Delhi will themselves fulfill their own dreams !
Even as experts ( - and some eminent non-experts ) , were debating till late in the night , how AAP will fail ,
> Red beacons disappeared from official cars ( Magic Wand ? )
> Powerful bureaucrats were , unceremoniously shunted out
Do the feudal lords of Congress / BJP realize that , if AAP manages to cleanse the Delhi Administration of corruption , then people don't care if AAP fails to deliver on all of its other poll promises ?
Most dangerous / unnerving thought !
Most calamitous prophesy !
Most certain obliteration !
Nitinji ,
Remember that 26 year old dalit girl Rakhi Birla defeating a veteran Congress Minister in Delhi ?
You would do well not to contest your 2014 Lok Sabha seat against Anjani Damania from Gadh Chiroli or Mumbai's Worli !
People without homes , electricity , water , schools , toilets , hospitals etc , have sounded the death-knell of the corrupts !
Can you hear it ?
A new Sun has risen
The sooner you come out of your Koop and see it , the better !
Sonia / Rahul have seen it
That is why they want Adarsh Scam Report " re-considered " !
* hemen parekh ( 29 Dec 2013 / Mumbai )
A System - based Solution
ReplyDeleteDEAR PEOPLE OF DELHI :
Of course , you have a right to complain to your government and seek solutions to your problems
But then , 150 lakh people could each have a problem which , he / she wants solved " yesterday " !
That would inundate your government , leading to a chaos , instead of satisfactory solutions !
That is why Arvind said ,
" Give us 10 days time to put in place , a system "
You could help him devise / implement such a system
To begin with , submit your complaints in the following " Structured " manner ( - should be NEATLY handwritten ) :
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COMPLAINT FORM
> Complainant Name
> Age
> Gender
> Mobile No
> Landline No
> Email Id ( Optional )
> Address
> Nature of Complaint
> To be attended by Dept ( your best guess )
> Max no of days in which to attend ( be generous )
> Date submitted ( date / month / year )
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You may handover your complaint to ,
> Government Secretariat
> Arvind's Residence ( deposit in box kept outside )
> Nearest AAP office
You gave previous Congress Government , 15 years for solutions of your problems - with no solutions
Now give , at least 15 days to AAP government !
Be reasonable ! Be patient !
DEAR ARVIND :
Here are a few suggestions for you,
> Within 10 days , print and distribute such a Complaint Form , widely
all over Delhi . Keep it simple ! In Hindi as well !
> Make it downloadable from Delhi Government web site
> Within 15 days , enable online submission of complaints on Govt web
site . For each complaint , give comprehensive feedback . Make entire
database searchable to any visitor , in a transparent manner
> Within 30 days , start a Call - Center , where people can register their
complaints over phone ( IVRS ? )
> Within 45 days , launch Mobile App , " Magic Wand " , suggested by
me , 2 days back
* hemen parekh ( 30 Dec 2013 / Mumbai )