As he is aiming at taking up several major projects, including Amaravati with the liberal assistance from the Narendra Modi-led government, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is looking for efficient and dedicated officers to lead such projects.
In this regard, he is said to be in touch with a couple of senior IAS officers in Telangana government with offers to join his government. In Particular, he is said to be persuading two senior officers to resign and join his government as advisers. He assured them they can continue during his term as Chief Minister.
After knowing about it, Revanth Reddy seems to be upset and directs Chief Secretary Santha Kumari not to accept, if they resigns. He himself personally assured them good positions in his government. While he promised one such IAS officer that he will be the next Chief Secretary in the state, he assured another IAS officer to appoint as adviser in his government, after his retirement.
However, Chandrababu has reportedly strongly urged those officers to come to AP under any circumstances as an international-level capital city is being built with the help of the Central Government, and many huge projects and large-scale industries are coming up.
While a senior IAS officer in the state finance department is close to retirement, another senior IAS officer working in the industries department is in the race to be the next Chief Secretary. If one has the ability to overcome any financial difficulties with cunning, another officer has the skill to make any big company invest in the state.
That is why these two officers have been given special priority in the KCR government. Revanth Reddy is also continuing to give them the same priority. Although they are not facing much trouble from the state government at present, they are unable to adjust to the situation prevailing in the state.
They have been reportedly facing embarrassing situations for some time, especially due to lack of coordination between the Chief Minister and ministers, inquiries, harassment of officials in the name of cases, funding problems, pressure to pay bills, excessive interference of ministers in allotment of land to industries, etc.
