The decision of Governor Secretariat to issue show cause notice to its own deputy secretary coinciding with demand for transfer of Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi is a worrying sign. As the battle for power intensifies between Governor, Tuki & Pul camp and that of BJP, increasingly government officials are getting caught in the cross fire. The first casualty seems to be Deputy Secretary of the Raj Bhavan who has been served show cause notice by his own secretary. He has been alleged of sending note to secretary law without knowledge of Rajbhawan. For the layman it is hard to belief that a junior officer like deputy secretary would dare to write letter on behalf of Governor without knowledge of his higher authorities. Also the deputy secretary in question is known to be very sincere and dedicated officer. Therefore one get worries thinking whether he is getting victimized in this whole situation.
An appeal made by a sub-committee of a political party seeking transfer of Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi is another news item which caught the eye of public. Negi is an extremely popular CS. Not only government official even public adore him. Coming from a hilly state of Himachal Pradesh, he has been found to be very sympathetic towards problem confronting the state. He is an asset to Arunachal and has done decent job of running state even as political crisis escalated. The transfer and posting of government officials should not be done based on political agenda. At a time when state is going through a difficult period, the vindictive action will only add fuel to the fire. Let political battle be fought among politicians. They should avoid making government officials a soft target.