Inter-cadre Bellicosity
What has been a single-point bone of contention between BCS-Prokrichi and BCS-admn cadre over upgradation of posts favouring the latter has degenerated into a full-scale warfare within the republic's officialdom. Like ancestral feuding fights soaked in unmitigated bad blood all the cumulative demands harboured on both sides have sprung forth in a high tide of irresponsible behaviourism. As if an opportunity of a life-time has presented itself to have all the grievances in the world met in one go.
After Prokrichi-BCS coordination council's January 5 meeting with the Prime Minister clouds were lifted and hopes generated for an immediate cessation of hostility and return to normalcy. All this was based on an understanding that the government will not go ahead with the upgradation of 321 BCS-admn posts and that all the inter-cadre anomalies stood referred to the Public Administration Reform Commission. Prokrichi withdrew its agitation programme slated for yesterday relying on of the Prime Minister's assurances. But peace has proved elusive all the same.
Now, in a reactive move, hardly distinguishable from a retaliatory outburst, the BCS-admn cadre has formed an action committee seeking not only implementation of the upgradation order but also satisfaction of a number of other demands amounting to reopening of some old wounds.
Without sitting in judgement on the merits of different demands being raised by the various service cadres and being totally seized of the anomalies besetting them over the long haul all we want is a holistic solution of the problem through suitable administrative reforms. That is where the emphasis should be rather than on clannish fights for petty benefits that are bound to complicate things for service reorganisation when this is effected.
The services of the Republic, especially the superior cadres who are in leadership positions cannot behave like ordinary trade unions firing salvoes at each other, placing all sorts of demands before the government they are an organic part of, acting as pressure groups and threatening the government with action programmes now and then. Do these conform to the government servants' conduct rules and service manual?
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