854 There can be more efficient ways of accomplishing tasks, without violating established customs, practices, values, and above all without causing HEARTBURN.

I have no love or hate relationship with Shri Narendra Modi, our beloved Prime Minister. For a Nation, whether it is Prime Minister, or a hoi poloi, individuals are not important. But TRADITIONS AND VALUES which will have lasting good / bad effects on Nation / Country / Administration, are VERY important. This importance doubles when the TRADITIONS & VALUES are NOT FOLLOWED. Such violations are not taken with indifference by Public. Instead, they become demotivators to millions of employees and officers, at various levels, top to bottom of Hierarchies. We should think more than once before setting bad precedents, and following bad precedents when followed by others / role models. Now, India's beloved Prime Minister 2016, seems to be following the precedents and practices of Late Ms. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India 1966-1977, and 1980-1984. Both Mrs. Indira Gandhi doing something, or not doing something seem to become examples for him. He has recently quoted the example of Ms. IGandhi choosing not to demonetize for the sake of her party, and his choosing demonetization for the sake of Nation. Okay, it is one thing, not the subject of this particular blog post.

THE BAD CONGRESS RULE HAS SET EXAMPLES OF PRECEDING SENIORS TO APPOINT XYZs AS PREFERRED PERSONS

When Congress superseded Seniors and appointed persons of their choice at various levels, such supercede-ings received widespread criticism and flak. Some BJP leaders used such supercede-ings as sticks to beat Congress, with. But, now BJP is committing the same errors and abnormalities which the Congress and UPA regimes committed.

BJP DID THE RIGHT THING BY RESPECTING SENIORITY OF JUSTICE KHEHAR IN APPOINTING CJI OF INDIA

Once a person reaches to the stage of being the Senior-most Justice of the Supreme Court, he is deemed to have proved his capabilities, so as to be the Chief Justice of India. Mrs. Indira Gandhi did not realise this truth, when she superseded Senior Judges like Justice Sinha, and appointed Justice Ray as CJI. Fortunately, Mr. Narendra Modi, did not repeat this type of error, by superseding Justice Khehar, in spite of known widespread public opinion that Mr. Modi is not happy with the Judiciary and its Collagium.

MR. MODI OUGHT TO HAVE CONTINUED THE SAME WISDOM WHILE APPOINTING INDIAN ARMY CHIEF

In 1983, Ms. IGandhi superseded Lt. Gen. S K Sinha,1983 and promoted Genl. A S Vaidya. Lt. Genl. S.K. Sinha had to quit in protest.

Now, history is repeating under BJP Rule. why should they do the same mistakes which Ms. IGandhi committed.

Genl. Bipin Rawat Supersedes, Eastern Command chief Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi (armoured corps), and Southern Army Command chief Lt. Gen. PM Hariz (mechanised infantry).

This is certain, to cause much heart-burn to the superseded Lt. Generals, whether they resign or not. Reason: By reaching the level of Lt. Gen. , the superseded Lt. Generals have proven their capabilities. Else, they would have remained at the bottom rungs.

By and large, Indian Army has remained apolitical, secular, and duty-minded, and dedicated to the Nation.

Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat, may have some special additional skills / utilities when compared to the superseded Lt. Generals in his being more focused to the Western + Northern Borders, LOC, counter-insurgency operations, counter- terrorism operations, etc., and the Govt. may want to make use of them.

HOW TO MINIMISE HEARTBURNS WHILE GIVING DUE RECOGNITION TO SENIORITY AND ALSO SKILLS

By respecting Seniority, Lt. Gen. Bakshy ought to have been as per the tradition, appointed as Army Chief with the rank of a General. Lt. Gen. Rawat with his existing Lt. Gen. rank and in addition his job as Vice Chief of Army, ought to have been appointed as Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD), in the Office of Army Chief, with additional duty of helping Gen. Bakshy in counter-insurgency operations. As a Vice Chief, Lt Gen Rawat has already been assisting the existing Army Chief. Lt. Gen. Rawat, would not have minded or would not have had any hesitation to serve his 1977 Commissiond Senior colleague Lt. Gen. Bakshy.



If Lt. Gen. Rawat, were to RETIRE IN FUTURE ONLY AS LT. GEN, because of less Seniority, at the time of his retirement, he can be conferred with the Rank of a General w.e.f. 1 day / 1 week prior to his retirement date, in due recognition of his services. He can also be extended relevant monetary/pension benefits, as appropriate, in such a way that a feeling of loss, is not felt within the mind of the retiring soldier. Lt. Gen. Rawat will have a satisfaction that his special skills have been used by the Government. "Using one's own Special Skills, and getting treated with ADDITIONAL DIGNITY" is more important for a dedicated soldier, than being given an out-of-turn promotion.

A CIRCUMLOCUTING METHOD WILL RESULT IN UGLIER HEART BURNS

THE above method which I suggest, is not going to be similar to the practice which is in vogue, in some States, of creating posts of Additional Director Generals of Police, Director Generals of Police, IGs of Police, DIGs of Police. That practice results in artificial upgradation of posts, serving as shelters for the artificially promoted ADGPs, and DGPs. This practice can be considered as ugly, because upgradations and promotions are given, to justify upliftment of a Junior, ignoring all others. In this system, in spite of giving paper promotions, a person remains in his post only, without any real change, while the heart-burn of being ignored will continue.

I invite my readers to study my blog post No. 002 Click here to go to our blogpost No. 002, titled "Except Mr. Dinesh Reddy, all others are muffs?". Retrospectively, our readers can estimate, whether Mr. Dinesh Reddy proved himself to be superior in any thing to other DGPs Senior to him or junior to him. My readers can also evaluate whether Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy , Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh 2013-14, was superior in capabilities / skills, when compared to his Senior Chief Ministers, or his Junior Chief Ministers. We can also estimate the costs of / vagaries of subjective , vicissitudinal decisions made by the political bosses, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, and her protege, Mr. Kiran Kumar Reddy.

OUT-OF-TURN PROMOTIONS WILL LEAD TO SYCOPHANCY and POLITICISATION

It will be appropriate for the Government to recognise out-of-turn promotions can politicise army, and lead to sycophantic behaviors. Syco-phancies may be common in political posts such as Ministers, Speakers, Governors. Even in political arenas, sycophancies do not deserve encouragement, but then, we already have them well-entrenched in India.

CENTRALISATION OF POWERS CAN ALSO BE CAUSE FOR HEART BURNS

Except in emergencies such as war, where quick-unified decision-making may be a need of the moment, ordinarily, there should be no place for excess-centralisation. DECENTRALISATION should be the norm. The accompaniment of DECENTRALISATION can be JOINT-DECISION-MAKING. The Institution of Union Cabinet is one such example of joint-decision-making, where the Prime Minister will only be the FIRST AMONG EQUALS. Right from the days of Jawaharlal Nehru, unfortunately this FIRST AMONG EQUALS concept has become a Cinderella. We see alround sycophancy in the Cabinets, both of the Centre, and the States.

To continue. लिखनीय और बाकी है। ఇంకా వ్రాయాల్సింది ఉంది. బ్రతికుంటే తరువాత ఇంకో రోజు.

831 Misadventures of Respected Shri Narendra Modi and Arun Jaitley helped me immensely and saved me Rs.17,500/-

The misadventures of our beloved Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, and our Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley, into their world of Demonetization of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes, has served as a blessing in disguise for me. In my blog post No. 829, I have informed my readers that my father aged 90, who is suffering from age-related physical and mental stress left home without telling anybody, a few days before demonetization. We thought that he has in his bag, something like Rs. 5,000/-. But he has about Rs. 150 in small denominations, and a Rs. 500x2 notes only. After spending his Rs.100+ on bus fare and first day's food, he was left with the Rs. 500 notes. Owing to demonetization, he could not buy food or pay return fare. After starving for 2/3 days, with some good samaritan's help he reached home fully exhausted, with one leg bruised and forming pus. Demonetization-induced-starving, made him to return home.

Actually, at that particular moment I needed about Rs.17,500/- to pay to Andhra Jyothy for releasing a Missing Person Advertisement. The newspaper office people were ready to accept even old Rs.500/1000 notes, but cash only. I did not have cash, old or new stuff. I suggested to them to accept an online payment. Unfortunately, the staff-member could not get their Bank a/c No. and name of the Bank Branch for remitting the amount through Bank transfer. It appears that they did not have the online payment system. I did not have demonetized notes worth Rs. 17,500/-. I didn't want to beg neighbors. While I was breaking my head for 2/3 days, about how to mobilise cash , my father returned. Had there not been demonetization, I might have drawn Rs. 17,500 from a nearby ATM and paid for the ad. Are not our PM and FM saving our monies?

yb-donkey: Mr. Narendra Modi has many similarities with Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi. Ms. Gandhi made all her ministers impotent. Mr. Narendra Modi made his ministers "dUdU basavannAs", a Telugu language phrase. In Andhra Pradesh State, during festival days, folk-players visit house-to-house with their oxen, which are trained to dance in tune with the commands/gestures of their masters. The word Basavanna refers to the sacred ox, in reference to Lord Shiva's vehicle, a great ox called Nandi. "DUDU" refers to shaking of heads in obeisance. Whenever a Central Cabinet Meeting is held, they just shake their heads to whatever the PM says; lest they should lose their place in the Cabinet.

Though Mrs. Gandhi didn't openly seek publicity, she has covertly sought publicity. That desire for publicity led to enslaving of All India Radio and Door Darsan, to sing the praises of Mrs. Indira Gandhi. Now, it is the turn of Mr. Narendra Modi, and his Man Friday Mr. Venkaiah Naidu, to make use of Prasar Bharati for publicity.

Traditionally India's Prime Ministers from 1966 Jan. 12 to, 2016 Nov. 16, expect / expected their Ministers to be DUDU Basavanna's only. By becoming DUDU Basavanna's, the Central Ministers will be deceiving their own consciences and souls. They have a duty to speak out, particularly to speak out openly, when they have a dissenting view. They should not feel shy that other Ministers or the PM will laugh at him or ridicule him. If the dissenters receive ridicule from the majority, the dissenters should not hesitate to resign from the Cabinet, after insisting that whatever he/she said and whatever others said, be recorded in the Minutes of the Meeting.

According to the news reports on the day the Central Cabinet met, while Mr. Narendra Modi was to address the Nation to announce Demonetization, the Central Cabinet Ministers were asked to deposit their mobiles. What a sad situation, both for the PM, and his Ministers! The PM and the FM could not trust his own Ministers, for maintaining secrecy. If the Respected Prime Minister is unable to trust his Ministers to maintain secrecy, is it the right way to seek deposit of mobile phones?