LUCKNOW: Hitting out at the previous governments for having managed to land Uttar Pradesh in the ICU, chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that post 2017, the government along with an upright and efficient administration, was able to change the perception of the state.
Handing out appointment letters to 58 sub-divisional magistrates, 34 Basic Shiksha Adhikaris, 173 Samiksha Adhikaris, 43 senior lecturers, 173 review officers, 398 sugarcane supervisors, 10 senior cane development inspectors, 208 assistant engineers and 236 stenos selected through UPPSC on Thursday, the CM said that appointments by the previous dispensation was done after taking ‘dahej’ or dowry.
Saying that his government had completely cleaned up the system for appointments, the CM credited his team for having managed to change the opinion about the state both nationally and internationally. “Good governance does not come with just changing the government, but we also need good people as part of the administrative machinery. They require training and a positive environment to work in,” the CM said, adding that after the BJP came to power in 2017, there was no corruption in any recruitment process and where necessary, the government had changed those responsible for the selection process and sent the corrupt officials to jail.
“Earlier, when recruitments used to happen, all relatives of the previous government used to be out, doing ‘vasooli’. Every selection was marked by corruption, from the public service commission, UPPSC to police etc. Not a single post was filled without taking money. In the past five years, of which we only had about three years to work due to Covid-19, we have managed to clean the system completely,” he said.
Saying that despite having the largest population, UP was the sixth largest economy in the country but his government had managed to bring it to the second spot. Earlier, no investor wanted to come to UP but now people were appreciating the law and order situation and the mafia, which was ruling the state, was now running for their lives. In ease of doing business, the state had moved from the 14th position to the second over the past five years. “When people think of the top three states they would like to invest in, UP always finds mention. Ease of living is being improved and we are working towards achieving this based on the parameters given by the Centre ” he said.
Calling officers the ‘backbone’ of the state, the CM said that if the backbone broke, the entire system would collapse. Previous governments had made UP a state without a backbone and his government intended to make the state number one in the country with efficient officers.
Encouraging them to work efficiently and honestly, the CM said: “Some officers are topper of their batches. But those who should have been in respectable positions are in jail due to their indulgence in corrupt practices.”
