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Image conscious Akhilesh Yadav begins 'clean up'
Monday March 12, 2012 02:24:53 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: Two days
before he becomes the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav
has cracked the whip on overzealous party workers, hinting at a
complete makeover of the Samajwadi party.
While suspending a party secretary, Rajeev Rai, and seeking an
explanation on his "anti-party activities and overboard
statements", Yadav made it clear that only Rajendra Chowdhary was
authorized to issue a statement on behalf of the party.
This, close aides said, was necessiated after several partymen had
started speaking on behalf of the party and "had tried to project
themselves as close to Akhilesh Yadav".
With little administrative grinding in the past, Akhilesh Yadav is
relying heavily on his father and party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav
for selection of officers and "understanding the bureaucracy".
A close aide of Mulayam Singh Yadav said a "process had begun to
find out good, bipartisan officials who will be posted at
important posts other than party's loyal officials".
Akhilesh Yadav, before flying to New Delhi on economy class,
ordered officials to remove the huge hoardings that had mushroomed
in the state capital overnight.
The hoardings, congratulating Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh
Yadav, was put up by party leaders and some contractors in a bid
to try and project themselves as close buddies of Akhilesh.
Plastered across the city, right from chief minister's residence
at Kalidas Marg to the busy thoroughfares of Hazratganj, the
posters raised the hackles of the common people who feared that
such overdrive was suggestive of a return of the bad days of the
Samajwadi Party.
Informed sources told IANS that Akhilesh Yadav had deputed two
senior leaders to oversee the removal of the hoardings.
A missive was sent Sunday night to the Lucknow Municipal
Corporation (LMC). By Monday morning, most hoardings had been
ripped off.
LMC Additional City Commissioner P.K. Srivastava told IANS that
more than 5,000 small and big hoardings had been removed by Sunday
night and the remaining too would go.
The municipal corporation has decided to slap fines and notices on
whoever puts up hoardings.
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