India Today: Dehradun: Thursday, March 14, 2013.
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| Vijay Bahuguna |
A year after
he became the chief minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna is struggling to
fulfil the promises he made to the public.
Almost 98 per
cent of the announcements made by Bahuguna in the past year have been
non-starters. His performance level is well below the record when compared to
that of the past three chief ministers of the state.
An RTI reply,
received by Haldwani-based social activist Gurvinder Singh Chadha from the
chief minister's office, presents a comparison between two Congress and two BJP
chief ministers. The information deals with the number of announcements made by
different chief ministers during their terms and the development work (in three
categories - completed, partially completed and pending) undertaken by them.
Former chief
minister Major General (retd) B.C. Khanduri leads the table with the
announcement completion record of over 54 per cent, followed by veteran
Congress leader N.D. Tiwari (40 per cent). BJP's Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' is
in the third spot with 35 per cent announcement completion record, while the
current Uttarakhand chief minister is struggling with a poor 1.7 per cent
"I
witnessed each chief minister making eight to 10 announcements in any public
meeting. This inspired me to file an RTI application. The reply was
mind-blowing," RTI activist Chadha said.
Political
leaders use public meetings to make populist announcements which are generally
related to new roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, new infrastructure or
upgrade of schools and hospitals, to make the public happy. While he made 858
announcements, Bahuguna has managed to complete only 11.
"The
Congress government is miserable. The public is angry," former chief
minister Khanduri said.
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