Akhilesh, Babbar mock at ministers, officials, seeking to refresh their knowledge at IIM

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar on Sunday mocked at state government ministers and officials undergoing a weakly training programme at the IIM, Lucknow, seeking to hone in their administrative skills by learning new trends in finance, business and economy.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav too take a dig at them, saying the step has been taken a little late in the day.

On Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's suggestion, IIM Director Archana Shukla has been organising every Sunday for the last three weeks a refresher course titled 'Manthan' involving interaction of ministers and officials with various IIM's experts in the fields of finance, business and economy.

During interactions, being organised every Sunday since September 8, the ministers and officials have also been deliberating upon ways and means to apply the new concepts of finance and business to the state's administration.

Chief Minister Adityanath himself attended the programme on Sunday along with his Cabinet colleagues and senior officials, including the state chief secretary.

Speaking after the third and final phase of Manthan programme, Adityanath said, "Those running the government can also be good students. This programme was a subject of curiosity as the common notion is that those occupying posts in government and administration are perfect, have all the knowledge about everything and are all powerful."