Recent events at
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) have clearly showed the malice that
lies in the Indian system. A No-Confidence motion was passed against the
Commissioner of NMMC with whooping majority. Politicians across the party lines
come together to oust the Commissioner.
Tukaram Mundhe is
the current Commissioner. He is widely regarded as one of the most honest and
upright Civil Servants of contemporary Maharashtra. He has been at the helm at
NMMC for six months and in this short time he has made serious endeavor to
correct the problems and eradicate corruption.
Navi Mumbai
Municipal Corporation is widely considered as a highly corrupt organization
where money flows like water sailing through drain. An upright officer Tukaram
Mundhe is obviously alien to the current system. Not only politicians, but
officers and corporators have joined hand to stop Tukaram.
Tukaram Mundhe
has become highly popular in the area. In such a short duration, he has unearthed
two big scams, tried his best to remove corruption, controlled hitherto
unchecked powers of corporators and started ‘Walk with Commissioner’ program
where he used to resolve complaints of citizens on every Sunday.
In India, it has
become increasingly tough for an officer with an attitude of Zero Tolerance
against corruption to continue working on a responsible position. The people of
Maharashtra has previously seen example of Mr. Pardeshi.
The mayor of
NMMC has become a vocal opponent of Mr. Mundhe because the IAS officer has not
paid him any visit after becoming the Commissioner.
It should be
noted that politicians had even called a bandh to protest against the
autocratic behavior of Mr. Mundhe. Ask any general citizen around the area and
you will find who is autocratic.
Tukaram and Devendra Fadnavis
Tukaram Mundhe
was handpicked by none other than the Chief Minister of Maharashtra – Devendra
Fadnavis. It is because of this fact that he got the free hand till now to
clean the system.
Unfortunately,
Shiv Sena along with Nationalist Congress Party and Congress joined hand to
bring a no – confidence motion against him. BJP remained mum and voted against
the motion.
Now, the Government
of Maharashtra is left with no option than to recall Mr. Mudhe. It will be his
11th transfer in 10 years. He was never allowed to work on any post
for more than one year.
The local
citizens are resenting against this move. However, it is very unlikely that
Mudhe will be retained if the Government chooses to go by the rule book and the
Constitution of India.
It is possible
that like Mr. Pardeshi, Tukaram will be asked by Narendra Modi to work in the
PMO.
Profile of Tukaram Mudhe
Tukaram Mudhe
was born in Tadsonna village of Beed district. His father was a simple farmer
who did everything to provide the best possible education to Tukaram.
Tukaram has
always been a brilliant student. He did schooling from Zila Parishad School and
later shifted to Aurangabad for Graduation and Post Graduation. He cracked UPSC
Civil Services Examination in 2005 and got IAS with his home cadre.
Ever since
joining the elite services, he is making positive news whether he worked in the
drought hit areas or in the city. It is unfortunate for India that officers
like him are not allowed to work freely.
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