Congress leader Meem Afzal described prime minister Narendra Modi doing away with Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs) and Groups of Ministers (GoMs) as a move to centralise power in his hands.
"The way Narendra Modi sidelined BJP during elections, the same is being done now in respect to abolishing EGoM, GoM. He wants to keep all the power in his hands. He wants to become a one man army. The Gom and EGoM used to be given the authority to take important decisions," Afzal said.
In a major move aimed at empowering the ministries and departments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, decided to abolish all the existing nine Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs) and twenty-one Groups of Ministers (GoMs).
According to a Press Information Bureau (PIB) release, the government is of the view that the abolishing of GoMs and EGoMs would expedite the process of decision making and usher in greater accountability in the system.
The ministries and departments will now process the issues pending before the EGoMs and GoMs and take appropriate decisions at the level of ministries and departments itself.
Wherever the Ministries face any difficulties, the Cabinet Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office will facilitate the decision making process, the PIB release said.