LUCKNOW: A sense of involvement has swept across ministerial colleagues of chief minister Yogi Adityanath as he invited them for discussing post-April 15 scenario in the state to implement prime minister Narendra Modi’s mantra of ‘jaan bhi aur jahan bhi (life as well as our world).
Sidharth Nath Singh, micro, small and medium enterprises minister, was in Noida when he received the invitation. He immediately took out his car and drove over 500 km to attend the CM’s meeting in Lucknow. Before leaving his residence in Noida, the minister had directed his driver and security guards not to accompany him as he wanted to follow the social distancing norms in true letter and spirit.
Just two days before the 21-day lockdown was coming to an end, the CM invited ministers to his official residence on Monday evening and asked them to draw a roadmap for partially restarting pending works in their respective departments while maintaining social distancing and following all lockdown conditions. Though the CM had interacted with the ministers last week at the cabinet meet, but it was not a face-to-face meeting. It was conducted through video-conferencing to pass an ordinance for effecting 30 per cent cut in their salaries and allowances.
Now, like IAS officers, the ministers would also start functioning from their offices from April 15. Earlier, they were told by the CM to work from their official residences.
The CM constituted 12 committees under chairmanship of various senior ministers and the deputy CMs after the meet. “Although no decision was taken at the meeting regarding the constitution of these committees, it was finalised by the CM later,” said a senior minister on the condition of anonymity. Among those who attended the meeting included deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, ministers Suresh Khanna, Surya Pratap Shahi, Swami Prasad Maurya, and Shrikant Sharma.At the meeting, the CM reiterated that the state government would implement the PM's directives on the lockdown and would enforce his ‘jaan bhi jahaan bhi’ mantra.
The CM told his colleagues that they would have to explore how they would restart works in their departments without breaking the lockdown condition and following social distancing norms.
Sidharth Nath Singh, micro, small and medium enterprises minister, was in Noida when he received the invitation. He immediately took out his car and drove over 500 km to attend the CM’s meeting in Lucknow. Before leaving his residence in Noida, the minister had directed his driver and security guards not to accompany him as he wanted to follow the social distancing norms in true letter and spirit.
Just two days before the 21-day lockdown was coming to an end, the CM invited ministers to his official residence on Monday evening and asked them to draw a roadmap for partially restarting pending works in their respective departments while maintaining social distancing and following all lockdown conditions. Though the CM had interacted with the ministers last week at the cabinet meet, but it was not a face-to-face meeting. It was conducted through video-conferencing to pass an ordinance for effecting 30 per cent cut in their salaries and allowances.
Now, like IAS officers, the ministers would also start functioning from their offices from April 15. Earlier, they were told by the CM to work from their official residences.
The CM constituted 12 committees under chairmanship of various senior ministers and the deputy CMs after the meet. “Although no decision was taken at the meeting regarding the constitution of these committees, it was finalised by the CM later,” said a senior minister on the condition of anonymity. Among those who attended the meeting included deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, ministers Suresh Khanna, Surya Pratap Shahi, Swami Prasad Maurya, and Shrikant Sharma.At the meeting, the CM reiterated that the state government would implement the PM's directives on the lockdown and would enforce his ‘jaan bhi jahaan bhi’ mantra.
The CM told his colleagues that they would have to explore how they would restart works in their departments without breaking the lockdown condition and following social distancing norms.
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