Panaji: Goa CM Wants Union Home Ministry to Apologise to State
From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji
Panaji, May 29: In what seems to be a direct tussle with the UPA government, BJP-ruled Goa government has begun refusing appointments of the Indian Police Services (IPS) officers in the state executed by union home ministry, seeking apology from the ministry.
Talking to reporters in Panaji on Tuesday May 29, Parrikar sought apology from the union home ministry for such appointments without taking state government into confidence.
“Union Home ministry should apologise to me because they have started unilaterally appointing IPS officers in Goa,” the chief minister said, adding that the ministry was also issuing renewal order of the officers, who are already posted in Goa, without consulting Goa government.
“They are doing this without consulting me. I have started refusing every order of the Home ministry pertaining to the appointment of IPS officers,” Parrikar said.
Lambasting Union home minister P Chidambaram for the fiasco, Parrikar commented 'Chidambaram is not my boss. We are equal.'
Goa government, he said, is already in the process of creating independent cadre of IPS and IAS officers for the state. “I have asked chief secretary to move a proposal for creation of Goa's own IPS and IAS cadre,” he said, adding that currently the state is under AGMU cadre.
The chief minister said that the law and order situation in the state is much under control compared to the past. He admitted that the lack of manpower in the police force is an impediment.
Parrikar announced that 186 constables and 45 police sub inspectors would be recruited in near future. “All these appointments would be corruption free and entirely based on merit,” he added.