By Special Correspondent
Bhopal: In a strongly worded statement, Engineer Sudhir Nayak, President of the Mantralaya Seva Adhikari Karmachari Sangh, has alleged that successive governments have extended “extraordinary and unwarranted patronage” to the AJAKS organisation, far beyond what is offered to other employee unions. This excessive favour, he claimed, has emboldened AJAKS leaders to act with impunity, culminating in the recent controversy where the newly elected provincial president allegedly made objectionable remarks about women minutes after assuming office.
Nayak supported his allegations by citing several examples. He pointed out that during the 2008–09 recruitment examinations conducted by Vyapam for reserved category vacancies in the Mantralaya, 25 candidates scored zero marks across all three papers. Although such candidates were ineligible under recruitment rules, the General Administration Department allegedly appointed them because of their association with AJAKS, and even granted them promotions five years later. Despite numerous complaints, no action was taken, he asserted.
He further alleged that in a recent high-level government meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary, the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) set aside official protocol and spoke not in his official capacity but as the AJAKS president, demanding an increase in reservation. Two other senior reserved-category officials reportedly supported him. Nayak claimed no disciplinary action was taken for this breach of protocol.
Additionally, he criticised the government’s new promotion rules that mandate the inclusion of reserved-category officers in every Departmental Promotion Committee, arguing that this creates “unnecessary division among officers” and indirectly benefits AJAKS members.
He also highlighted that AJAKS has been allotted three government offices in Bhopal, including prime land at Second Stop, while the long-pending office restoration request of the Mantralaya Employees Union remains unresolved despite endorsements from ministers, MPs and thousands of employees.
Nayak concluded that such sustained indulgence has made AJAKS office-bearers “fearless and overconfident,” encouraging actions that undermine administrative neutrality.
