Praveen Prakash misled Jagan, says ex-CS
Former andhra pradesh chief secretary L v Subrahmanyam blamed his junior IAS officer praveen prakash for misleading the chief minister when he was forced out of his position just months after being appointed to the top bureaucratic position by chief minister Y S jagan Mohan Reddy. Without naming praveen prakash by name, Subrahmanyam stated in an open discussion with Andhra Jyothy MD vemuri radhakrishna on the Open heart talk programme that a junior IAS official in the chief minister's office was responsible for introducing the practise of bypassing superiors.
"Even though he was required to report to the chief secretary, he was avoiding her, so I gave him a show-cause notice. I had to scold him since I saw he was misinforming the chief minister on a number of matters. According to Subrahmanyam, praveen prakash informed him that the administration was rapidly changing and was moving toward a presidential style of rule. For him, the chief minister—not the chief secretary—is the final authority. He almost took a management class, according to the former chief secretary.
Although the chief minister was the ultimate authority, he claimed that the system required certain protocols to be followed. Subrahmanyam stated, "Thereafter, he started putting pressure on the officers of other departments, and they started complaining to me. The former chief secretary claimed he was forced to pay a fine because he insisted that a note file from the minister or chief minister be kept for every request. "Even though the ideas came from the chief minister, there were no note files on them in the files that were presented to the cabinet meeting. The ministers don't have time to review papers, he lamented.
"Even though he was required to report to the chief secretary, he was avoiding her, so I gave him a show-cause notice. I had to scold him since I saw he was misinforming the chief minister on a number of matters. According to Subrahmanyam, praveen prakash informed him that the administration was rapidly changing and was moving toward a presidential style of rule. For him, the chief minister—not the chief secretary—is the final authority. He almost took a management class, according to the former chief secretary.
Although the chief minister was the ultimate authority, he claimed that the system required certain protocols to be followed. Subrahmanyam stated, "Thereafter, he started putting pressure on the officers of other departments, and they started complaining to me. The former chief secretary claimed he was forced to pay a fine because he insisted that a note file from the minister or chief minister be kept for every request. "Even though the ideas came from the chief minister, there were no note files on them in the files that were presented to the cabinet meeting. The ministers don't have time to review papers, he lamented.