: For civil servants, Alapan Bandyopadhyay case highlights the perils of uncooperative federalism #IndiaNEWS The escalating row over Alapan Bandyopadhyay, the former chief secretary of West Bengal who

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For civil servants, Alapan Bandyopadhyay case highlights the perils of uncooperative federalism #IndiaNEWS
The escalating row over Alapan Bandyopadhyay, the former chief secretary of West Bengal who is now an advisor to the state chief minister, demonstrates the challenges of uncooperative federalism. It throws up an important question: stuck between the Centre and the state, forced to make a difficult choice, what should a civil servant do?Over his long career, Bandyopadhyay navigated the power corridors of Bengal smoothly. He built a reputation of being effective and of getting along with all his political bosses, first from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and then from the Trinamool Congress. Yet at the very end, he faltered when it came to following hierarchical protocol.Bandyopadhyay’s troubles started when he failed to attend a review meeting on May 28 about Cyclone Yaas chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bandyopadhyay had been accompanying West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on an inspection of the areas that had been affected by the storm. Banerjee’s antipathy for Modi is no secret and when she decided to skip the review meeting and continue her aerial survey, Bandyopadhyay went along with her.‘Look before you leap’Had he attended the meeting, irrespective of what the chief minister did, he would not be facing disciplinary proceedings from the Centre...Read more

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