'City should go Delhi way'

Times of Chandigarh

14 September 2009, CHANDIGARH: The move to revive the post of chief commissioner would surely make UT’s top boss accountable to the ministry of home affairs, but it could also kill the initiative-oriented style of administrators. To ensure that political clout does not take over city’s affairs and its voice is heard at the Centre, a section of city residents feel that Chandigarh should have a legislative assembly of its own.

BJP leader and former MP Satya Pal Jain said he had raised this demand sometime back as he felt it would ensure that the final say on any issue is with an elected representative and not the chief commissioner, adviser or administrator.

A legislative assembly for Chandigarh is one of the viable options, besides having a metropolitan council, to take decisions democratically so that the welfare of the city population is kept in mind, he said.

It has been felt that UT should have a state council with powers of controlling the budgetary and financial allocations as the common man has little say in the present system of governance. For instance, not even a single meeting of the administrator’s last advisory council was held with its its entire term of three years. This, even though a host of ambitious projects and contentious proposals were finalized by officials. ...

It hardly makes any difference whether Chief Commissioner or Punjab Governor runs the system. What's important is that developmental activities are undertaken...

Times of Chandigarh

... For more than five years, Congress has been blaming Administrator for everything. Who will they turn to if the Chief Commissioner does not listen to them?

Chandigarh Newsline

Satya Pal Jain
BJP leader

As far as residents are concerned, it does not matter to them whether the administrator or the chief commissioner is at the helm of affairs. They are more concerned about development in the city. Chandigarh is governed by the Home Ministry. The present Central government has failed to give direction to the local Administration. There has been an attempt to shift the blame of all that went wrong on the Administrator or officials. We are waiting for the final decision on the matter. For more than five years, the Congress has been blaming the Administrator for everything. Who will they turn to if the chief commissioner does not listen to them?

Thumbs up for Chief Commissioner’s post

Chandigarh Tribune

New Delhi/Chandigarh, September 12: The game of “political football” over the ownership of Chandigarh by different political parties in the region seems to be heading for the final whistle with the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to revert back to the old pattern of having a Chief Commissioner to administer the UT. ...

... At the same time, Satya Pal Jain, a former Member of Parliament, said, “It does not make difference who headed the UT administration till the time the common man was heard. The current situation of public feeling ignored by the Administrator was only becasue of the ego clash between the top boss and the Congress leadership. First, the Congress failed during 1980s and got a Governor and now when it failed to ensure citizen welfare, it was once again shouting for a commissioner”.

M L Sareen, a former advocate-general of Haryana, said, “The development is a hope for a positive change. We are fed up with the decisions taken behind closed doors. There is no transparency and no public participation in the decisions concerning the public welfare, under the existing scenario, vis a vis the top post.”

H.S.Mamik, president of the Independent Schools Association, said, “The accountability factor had gone absolutely missing from the administration and the Administrator made himself unapproachable.”

As reported in The Tribune today, the Governor of Punjab will not hold dual charge as Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh from November. Since 1980s when the Governor of Punjab was appointed, he was given the additional charge of the Administrator of Chandigarh. The change in governance is expected to give the citizens a rightful say in the long-term development of India’s first planned city. ...

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