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U.P. BJP Ministers feel ignored by bureaucracy

LUCKNOW DEC. 7 . In the wake of increasing discontent among BJP legislators, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minster, Mayawati, said she would ensure that the State bureaucracy did not behave ``indifferently'' with the BJP Ministers and followed their orders in letter and spirit.

``In my tenure the bureaucracy has remained disciplined. If still there are some complaints I will ensure that officials do not ignore orders of the Ministers,'' she reportedly told the leader of the BJP Legislature Party, Lalji Tandon.

The BJP Ministers had lodged complaints with Mr. Tandon that the bureaucracy was ignoring them and their orders were not adhered to by the officials, party sources said here.

The BJP Legislature Party meeting, held recently at the residence of Bharat Singh, Minister in the Mayawati-led BJP-BSP Government, was reduced to Government-bashing with party Ministers lodging complaints that the bureaucracy was receptive only to the order and requests of BSP Ministers and legislators.

They said that despite being party to the coalition government they were not treated as ruling party MLAs.

``We were made to feel that we are from the Opposition.'' Mr. Tandon took up the matter with Ms. Mayawati and conveyed the disenchantment of the party MLAs.

Recently, the senior BJP leader and Irrigation Minister, Om Prakash Singh, took exception to a sudden inspection of irrigation canals by the Chief Secretary, D.S. Bagga, in Barabanki district, pointing out that Mr. Bagga had violated protocol by not taking the permission from the Minister concerned.

Mr. Tandon took up the issue with Ms. Mayawati and said Mr. Singh was a senior Minister and was not supposed to take ``directives'' from the bureaucracy.

The District BJP president of Hamirpur, in a letter to the State party chief, Vinay Katiyar, recently lodged a complaint against the DM saying that district officials were not receptive to complaints of BJP legislators and senior workers.

Mr. Tandon conveyed the feelings of party workers to Ms. Mayawati, who reportedly told him that she would take up the issue with senior bureaucrats.

PTI

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