Hyderabad, July 05: The state administration will be the worst hit following the resignations of the Telangana ministers from the Kiran Kumar Reddy Cabinet.
With the ministers announcing that they will boycott their official duties from Tuesday even if their resignations were not accepted, the officials in the departments concerned are now worried about pending files. Most of the Telangana ministers were handling key portfolios like panchayat raj, rural development, home, irrigation, civil supplies and major industries besides “poor man” oriented pensions, Indira Kranthi Patham and BC welfare.
The coming days were indicated on Monday itself with the Secretariat sporting an eerie look. Surprisingly amidst the high political activity, the CM’s camp office at Begumpet also wore a deserted look in the afternoon except for a brief review on law and order in view of the bandh call given by TRS and the political Joint Action Committee. “The pending files had run into hundreds when Mr J. Krishna Rao quit as the endowments minister and with the Chief Minister delaying handing over additional charge to IT minister Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah,” said a senior official.
The officials were of the view that the Chief Minister might not rush to entrust these portfolios to other ministers due to political compulsions. “There may not be problems in spending amounts as per budgetary allocations but other policy issues, service matters, disciplinary proceedings and compassionate issues will have to be routed through the minister concerned,” the official pointed out. It might be a coincidence but the ministers quit their posts after the annual general transfers were over. In an informal chat with media persons, the chief secretary, Mr S.V. Prasad, said the day-to-day administration would not be hit and the decisions could be taken with the approval of the chief minister in matters of urgency.