Yesterday the Hyderabad Unit of the AIACEGEO went to polls. There was a massive turn out. Unmindful of the day being a holiday and Saturday almost 90% of the officers turned out to vote. They had come to unseat the present set of Office Bearers. It was a shocker that even Sh. B. Pawan Kumar Reddy, the sitting General Secretary was defeated. His Presidential running mate of course lost with a huge margin. It was not however the defeat of Sh. Pawan Kumar Reddy. It was a decisive mandate against his aligning with Sh. Ravi Malik. The team that contested against the sitting team was not considered formidable for the organizational prowess and clout wielded by Sh. Pawan Kumar Reddy. Yet they defeated Sh. Reddy and his team – the team of the President (Sh. Venkatesh) of the faction lead by Sh. Ravi Malik.
Only on the last 24th Sh. Ravi Malik had conducted his All India Executive Committee meeting at Hyderabad. The Chairman had been very kind enough to send him a message, which he had very rightly projected in his blog. She said she should have herself attended the meeting to reassure the cadre. However, due to pressure of work she was deputing the Member (Admn). The Member (Admn) also diligently attended and gave certificates of credence to Sh. Ravi Malik and Sh. Venkatesh, whom he said he used to meet very often to discuss the problems of the cadre.
Then the Board invited Sh. Ravi Malik for a discussion on the draft Transfer Policy for the IRS. The Board was clearly showing whom they preferred.
All this was going on even as we had already submitted DDO Certificates to prove more than 35% strength and the support letters of the supporting Units. But, that file is kept pending for almost a month now. They were waiting for Sh. Ravi Malik to produce some DDO certificates - the person who was not able to produce DDO Certificates even in 2015, when he was the undisputed Secretary General.
The message of Hyderabad is clear. The cadre cannot be hood winked and taken for granted. Puppets cannot be anointed as their representatives.
This mood was abundantly clear in the meeting at Delhi in February 2017 itself. Sh. Ravi Malik did not mind it, or could not. If he had paid heed, the Chennai Convention would have been averted. Sh. Pawan Kumar Reddy with all his organizational understanding, also did not give due regard to that popular sentiment. Had he done so, he would not have got entangled with Sh. Ravi Malik by having Sh. Venkatesh as the President of that body and eventually would not have lost at Hyderabad itself.
I hope that at least now, people who made a mistake in reading the mind of the cadre would put their personal thinking aside and give way for the sentiments of the cadre.
R. Manimohan
SG, AIACEGEO
After GST we require a united front to get better working conditions, timely promotions and social respect. The results indicate we are in that direction.
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ReplyDeletein their sincere efforts... Gopi
I wish we all had the courage to live a life true to ourselves ......is it not a truth like death that PIRS will have unwavering devotion to DRIRS irrespective of the individual doning that title , at least if anyone wants to sail through his career without any disloyalty jolts.... which are sometimes not gentle.... moreover we are at times where a slightest of dissent is equated to disloyalty... be it in any field.... displaying of the letter from the chairperson makes this as clear as day... and hopefully this attracted the scrutiny of the officials who have cast their votes... even at the cost of losing one of their local charismatic leader... so that was one more thing that the Charisma a single person does not count but results count.... what are the other units waiting for... follow Hyderabad
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