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JMM supremo asks CM to call back two bureaucrats from Olympics

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Tapan Chakravorti Kolkata/ Ranchi

Arjun Munda led Jharkhand cabinet’s Co-ordination Committee chairman Shibu Soren (also JMM chief) has written to chief minister Arjun Munda to call back the state’s chief secretary S K Choudhary and principal secretary to chief minister D K Tiwary immediately from London as the entire Jharkhand is affected by severe drought

Chief secretary and principal secretary to chief minister along with sports secretary Ajay Kumar Singh took off to London on July 25 to catch Olympics live on a 10-day “exposure trip” with sports minister Sudesh Mahto and hockey player Asunta Lakra.

Earlier, the state Co-ordination Committee chairman had sent two JMM core committee members to chief minister to know why the top bureaucrats who are key persons in decision making had left for London for 10 days when the state needed them to chalk out plans to deal with the severe drought of the state.

 

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First Published: Aug 03 2012 | 12:32 AM IST

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