New Delhi: Six retired IAS officers have joined Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj motion in Patna, on a day when members of the statewide foot march noticed ‘Sankalp Divas’, marking the primary anniversary of the day Kishor introduced his “Jan Suraaj Abhiyan”.
The pollster had in a tweet on 2 Might final yr introduced, “As I flip the web page, time to go to the Actual Masters, THE PEOPLE,to higher perceive the problems & the trail to “जन सुराज”-Peoples Good Governance”
Marking the event, former IPS officer Rakesh Kumar Mishra — already related to Jan Suraj — formally inducted the six retired IAS officers into the motion Tuesday.
The retired civil servants are Ajay Kumar Dwivedi, former particular secretary, state Cupboard; Arvind Kumar Singh, former district Justice of the Peace of Kaimur and Purnia, who was a secretary on the time of his retirement; Lalan Yadav, former DM of Nawada and Katihar; Tulsi Hazar, retired Administrator Bettiah Raj, Authorities of Bihar; Suresh Sharma, who retired as a joint secretary within the state well being division; and Gopal Narayan Singh, who retired as joint secretary within the state rural affairs division.
Ajay Dwivedi, Arvind Kumar, Lalan Yadav and Tulsi Hazar are all IAS officers from the 1981 batch, whereas Gopal Singh is from the 1984 batch and Suresh Sharma from thirty first Bihar Administration batch, ThePrint has learnt.
Talking on the event, former IPS officer Rakesh Kumar Mishra stated, “Right this moment, two ideologies are affecting our nation and each the ideologies are enjoying a 20-20 match. One ideology is separating 20 per cent of the nation, who’re known as ‘superior and golden’; they’re making an attempt to organise the remaining 80 per cent and rule by means of politics.”
He added, “There may be one other ideology which separates 20 per cent muslim inhabitants and organises 80 per cent Hindu inhabitants and tries to run the governance system. Jan Suraaj means taking 100 per cent of the inhabitants alongside so as to make ‘janta ka sundar raj’ (individuals’s good governance) and on the identical time re-establishing democratic values.”
The occasion got here days after Impartial MLC Sachchidanand Rai addressed the media on the Jan Suraaj workplace in Patna, together with newly-elected Jan Suraaj-backed MLC Afaq Ahmad, who was elected to the Bihar Legislative Council as an Impartial from the Saran Academics’ seat. Afaq’s win within the bypoll is being seen as Jan Suraaj’s first electoral success.
Addressing the media after he joined the motion, retired IAS officer Lalan Singh Yadav described Prashant Kishor as a ‘social physician’. “I’m with Prashant Kishor’s imaginative and prescient of the best individuals, proper pondering and collective efforts,” he stated.
Retired IAS officer Suresh Sharma, alternatively, reiterated Kishor’s concept that the individuals of Bihar are liable for their very own plight. “Solely Prashant Kishor ji has the braveness to say this in entrance of the general public,” he stated.
Sharing his expertise from his time in authorities, former IAS officer Ajay Kumar Dwivedi from West Champaran stated that civil servants like him have been an necessary a part of the system however couldn’t get the specified outcomes. “We are going to assist Prashant Kishor in his endeavour to vary the present system and get again good governance,” he declared.
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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