A junior rank police personnel approached a senior minister recently pleading that he be shifted to a local police station from the CID. The cop was physically challenged. The minister said since the cop was physically challenged, it was appropriate that he be posted in the CID department, where work mostly involves paperwork. “In a police station, you will have to undergo the rigours of the duty,” the minister stressed.owever, the cop remained unmoved by the minister’s agreement. He tried to reason that “disabled complainants” will get justice in the police station. The physically disabled cop could not convince the minister. “Most of the cops in the state dread to be pushed into sections like CID which does not allow direct interaction with the people and therefore, they are financially dry,” remarked a seasoned deputy superintendent of police, stressing that the police station is the most “lucrative posting”, sought by everyone. Governor Devanand Konwar was present in all the three Iftar parties - given by chief minister Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan. At 1, Aney Marg, Konwar looked visibly tensed sitting beside the chief minister. He looked happy and was smiles at the party hosted by Lalu and Paswan. The sharp contrast did not go unnoticed by the ruling party leaders and MLAs. “It is quite understandable; the Governor was in enemy territory in 1, Aney Marg. He was with friends at Lalu’s and Paswan’s homes. The governor does everything to make the life of the state government unhappy just like Lalu and Paswan do,” remarked a senior BJP leader. A middle-aged man approached a minister demanding student stipend. The minister took one look at the man and asked his age. It was 45 years. “How can you be a student and demand student’s stipend?” demanded the minister. The “student” declared that he was a postgraduate student in 1992. “I had applied for student stipend then but did not get it. Now that your government has come to power and you claim good governance, I should get the money,” he replied. The frustrated minister forwarded the application to the department concerned. “There are persons aged 50-plus who come here and demand a government job in the name of good governance,” remarked an aide. A BJP worker, who was observing the development, said it was something like the Youth Congress of yesteryears. He stressed that there appeared to be no age bar for students and job-seekers. The buzz in the secretariat is about a senior IAS officer who was told that he was entitled to satellite TV connection and cable connection at the cost of his department. “Once he realised that the department would foot the bills for the TV connections, the IAS officer took two satellite TV connections as well as a cable connection for three TVs at his official residence,” declared an employee of his department. Officials love anything for free. “That is why they use government vehicles for private purpose,” he added.
Monday, 09 February 2026
