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| 'Influential bank manager dictates terms to Commissioner Secretaries' | | 'Ibnebattutta' pokes nose in high-level issues | | Hyder Ali
Early Times Report
srinagar, Sept 23: The undue "dictatorial tendency" of a lower-rung official, who is poking nose into serious law and order issues in restive Kashmir, has outraged some senior officials, who plan to register their reservations against this "political beneficiary".
Sources said the "influential" official of the rank of "bank manager", nicknamed "Ibnebattutta", for the social media account he allegedly operates since 2010, has been calling the shots in high level meetings where, as per protocol, such junior officials are not entitled to comment.
Early Times learnt from reliable sources that Ibnebattutta doesn't mind dictating terms to senior officials of police and civil administration during the meetings held to review law and order in Kashmir, on the boil for the past over two months.
"We really feel awkward when this bank manager, obviously having no expertise in law and order, steps into bigger shoes than he is entitled to … How can he decide on what needs to be done and where to restore normalcy and how? This is making mockery of the system," said a Commissioner Secretary, asking not to be named.
He said the resentment among the bureaucracy has been so high against this "influential official" that many of the Commissioner Secretaries avoid attending such meetings when he is present.
Since July 8, when Kashmir erupted in protests against the killing of militant commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani, the government has been holding regular meetings, mainly at the residence of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, where the top brass reviews situation and decides future course of action to restore law and order.
"But while senior officials cautiously speak only when asked to do so, this man has been calling the shots," said a senior official, privy to the meetings.
Sources said the "influential official" derives influence due to his proximity to at least two cabinet ministers and some media advisors to the Chief Minister.
Sources said the man speaks what his masters want him to speak. "Actually he is being used to speak on something what some ministers don't want to directly tell to the meeting. He speaks his master's voice," the sources said adding "this was why some of the ministers appreciate what he speaks."
Officials said last year, he was "unduly" elevated as a Chief Executive Officer, though he was allegedly "too junior an officer to have been given the prestigious charge."
Sources said given the undue influence of some ministers and their henchmen over administrative issues, a lobby of senior officials have decided to register their resentment before the Union government.
"Influence is OK, and has been there for years in successive regimes but how can any government allow a political henchmen to sit on our head, when as per protocol he has to seek our permission for entry into meeting room then to talk of opening his unsolicited mouth," said some senior officials in the Civil Secretariat.
Despite repeated attempts Ibnebattutta could not be contacted for comments. |
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