Vijayawada: The nearing election year has brought many changes in the working style of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Several bureaucrats have acknowledged the same and share how communication with the CM is now two-way, in contrast with the previous one-way style. The CM, who is batting for the completion of pending infra projects like Vijayawada-Gundugolanu Gammon project and Durgamma flyover, has been listening to bureaucrats to find out alternative legal means to get fiscal support from the Centre.
Till now, the CM used to guide the bureaucrats to listen to him, as he has vast knowledge on various subjects like irrigation, geography of the state and industrial growth. “We have no doubt about his capacities and strengths,” said a senior bureaucrat, who has been a close aide of Mr Naidu in his earlier and present Government. “Post-2014, a new change was seen within the leader. Mr Naidu started saying ‘I’ instead of ‘we’, which continued till last month. However, we have noticed that he is back to his original self, that is nothing but identifying the beauty of the spirit of collective work,” the bureaucrat said, and added that now the CM has started listening to the practical problems in getting the projects cleared by the Union Government and also in release of Central funds.
It may be recalled that Mr Naidu, during his interaction with journalists in the capital on Tuesday, had said infra majors had became almost helpless following the crunch the industry has been facing for two years. “The CM himself told that the managements of Gammon and Soma Infra are even ready to face the scolding, but were not able to speed up their construction activity,” another bureaucrat, who is monitoring mega infra works, said.
“We used to tell him the same thing earlier, but he was reluctant to listen to us then,” he observed and added that, now in the changed scenario, he understands the dynamics. Mr Naidu also admitted that the exit of Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu from the Union Cabinet would certainly have some impact on the coordination between the Union and state governments. “There will be an impact to some extent, but we have to keep moving by acquiring additional strengths,” Mr Naidu observed and, in that way, sent signal to TD cabinet ministers and MPs that they need to rise to the occasion.
