Friday, November 25, 2005

Nitish gets down to business, says work without fear

Bihar's new Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed top officials to do their job without fear and restore the rule of law in the state as a priority.One of the chief minister's first meetings after being sworn in Thursday was with the top brass of the administration during which he said his government was there to govern and nothing else, said an official."

In the first meeting itself, he told us that the administrators should work without fear or favour," added another police official.

Sources in the state government said Nitish Kumar, who was Friday visiting his mother in Kalyanbigha village, 50 km from here, has told Chief Secretary G.S. Kang and police chief Ashish Ranjan Sinha to control crime without any delay.

He reminded the officials that he came to power promising good governance and would have to deliver on it to change the image of the benighted state.

While ensuring that the law and order situation improves in the state, Nitish Kumar is also grappling with political problems of allocating portfolios between his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

www.newkerala.com

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