The Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa accused the Centre of misusing the administrative machinery by deploying All India Service officials for publicity drives ahead of elections.
Addressing media persons here on Thursday Mr. Mahadevappa said that Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra will cover the rural areas across the State and highlight the Central government achievements for which senior civil servants have been made nodal officers. This is in violation of all Constitutional norms and misuse of bureaucracy, said Mr. Mahadevappa.
The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra was flagged off by Governor Thaawarchand Ghelot in Mysuru on Wednesday. Mr. Mahadevappa said that Central government projects are not being described as such but were being branded as Prime Minister’s project. Some of the programmes like student scholarship, Jal Jeevan Mission, etc have State government components and they have been suppressed while glorying only the Prime Minister, said Mr. Mahadevappa.
