Summary:
Hyderabad, Jan 24 (PTI) Joining the chorus of dissent, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday shot off a letter to the Centre expressing "strong protest" against the proposed amendments to the All India Services (Cadre) Rules 1954.
The proposal is clearly a move to exercise indirect control by the central government on officers working in the states and would also render state governments as helpless entities in matters of the AIS officers, Rao alleged in his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A handful of non-BJP ruled states--Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan-- had earlier opposed the move, with the respective Chief Ministers writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make their stand clear against the proposed amendments.
"On the face of it, the proposed amendments militate against the federal structure of our Constitution, both in letter and spirit.
Further the proposed amendments will also seriously erode the All India Service character of the IAS, IPS and IFS.
Telangana government, therefore, strongly opposes the proposed amendments," Rao said.