Executive Highhandedness : Former Civil Servants Question Rationale of Central Vista Project
Over 60 former bureaucrats have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pointing out the illegalities involved in taking the project forward and the huge financial drain it would entail amidst a pandemic.
The Central Vista plan includes a new parliament building next to the current one. Photo: HCP Designs
Rights22/Dec/2020
New Delhi: Former civil servants who have served the Central and state governments in various capacities, have lashed out at the Narendra Modi governmentâs Central Vista redevelopment project, and questioned the rationale behind its âpursuit of pomp and grandeurâ at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on lives and livelihoods.
Farm Laws: Retired Civil Servants Say Centre Violated Constitutional Provisions It is time that the ruling dispensation listens carefully to the demands being made and demonstrates its respect for democratic traditions, procedures and practices by engaging in dialogue inside and outside parliament.
Farmers shout slogans at Singhu border during their Delhi Chalo protest march against the Centres new farm laws, in New Delhi, in New Delhi, Friday, December 11, 2020. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Rights12/Dec/2020
New Delhi: A group of 78 former civil servants, who have served at the Centre and in different states, have issued a statement criticising the Centre’s “violation of constitutional provisions” while pushing through the three contentious new farm laws.