Known for calling a spade a spade, Madhya
Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary Radheshyam Julania seems in no mood to leave
the State, though he was empanelled by the Centre for deputation in New Delhi
last year. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on his part, is also keen to
retain this result-oreinted competent 1985-batch IAS officer till the assembly
election due in December 2018. Their mutual bonding is so strong that the Chief
Minister has sent signals to the bureaucracy to not mess with Julania. Defending
this, Chouhan’s close aides point out how the IAS officer as principal
secretary in the water resources department overhauled the irrigation system.
His untiring work in the department helped Madhya Pradesh a great deal in
winning the Krishi Karman award for best agricultural growth year after year in
India. Last year, Julania was elevated as Chief Secretary and posted in
Panchayat and Rural Development Department. The new portfolio provided him with
opportunities to interact with subordinate IAS officers, particularly
collectors, more regularly. And atleast half a dozen of them suffered from
Julania’s tongue-lashing for laxity. His frequent videoconferencing with
subordinates invariably resulted in at least a couple of lax officers being
suspended on the spot. Julania’s first victim was controversial IAS officer
Ramesh Thete, Secretary in the department. Thete even threatened to lodge an
FIR against his boss and commit suicide. The Chief Minister then eased Thete
out of the department. Thete’s replacement, Dipali Rastogi, refused to work
under Julania. The government yielded to her request but did not shift Julania.
Another IAS officer and Badwani Collector Tajasvi Nayak was publicly scolded by
Julania during a departmental conference. Last month, Commissioner of
Panchayati Raj, Santosh Mishra, was admitted to Bhopal’s Hamidia Hospital after
suffering a mild attack following a clash with Julania. Bureaucratic circles
were agog with speculation that this time round, the Chief Minister would take
action against Julania. But the Chief Minister once again sided with Julania
and shifted Mishra to the secretariat.
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