Debate over projecting IAS officer as CM candidate in Tamil Nadu

One young IAS officer by name U.Sagayam who had been responsible for the exposure of a big granite scam in and around Madurai town involving thousands of crores of rupees and benefitting many officials and nonofficials in the recent past in the state of Tamil Nadu is being tipped for the post of CM by a section of socitey in the coming elections in 2016. Follow up action on his voluminous report is awaited on the directions of Madras high Court in the days to come. His boldness in the job and simple living at the home front have earned him a good reputation in the last 5-6 years. The manner in which the political parties have conducted in the last 3-4 decades have forced the majority of voters to think in terms of an alternative party well suited for correcting the malady that has set in the governmance and administration of Tamil Nadu State. Hence the cry for an IAS officer to serve as the CM of Tamil Nadu like Arvind Kejriwal (an IRS officer) in Delhi.  

 

A mixed reaction both in favour and against an individual being projected for the post of chief minister has been discussed in detail by taking the opinions of former civil servants and a professor of Madras University in the Hindu edition dated December 27,2015. It was even quoted therein that honest and committed individuals like M.S. Udayamurthy, a social worker and R.Nallakannu, a CPI leader have failed to ensure success in the hustings at last.

 

Indian democracy is yet to mature and permit a group of highly qualified and  experienced with no family liabiltities to carry conviction with a workable agenda promising a clean and efficient government so that the present set up can be thrown away and the rule of law can be established for the general welfare and impartial administration. Officers like Sagayam should continue in service and serve as responsible and conscious Secretaries and chief secrtaries in the state in the days to come.

 

A group of experienced and committed officials either sitting or superannuated can collect themselelves for a common cause, form a political party and serve the state for a term as the founders and leave the mantle to the youngsters in a democratic way to rule this state for 2-3 decades and enable the state to regain its primacy in several fields of economic and social sectors.