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nRecent events atnNavi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) have clearly showed the malice thatnlies in the Indian system. A No-Confidence motion was passed against thenCommissioner of NMMC with whooping majority. Politicians across the party linesncome together to oust the Commissioner.
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nTukaram Mundhe isnthe current Commissioner. He is widely regarded as one of the most honest andnupright Civil Servants of contemporary Maharashtra. He has been at the helm atnNMMC for six months and in this short time he has made serious endeavor toncorrect the problems and eradicate corruption.
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nNavi MumbainMunicipal Corporation is widely considered as a highly corrupt organizationnwhere money flows like water sailing through drain. An upright officer TukaramnMundhe is obviously alien to the current system. Not only politicians, butnofficers and corporators have joined hand to stop Tukaram.
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nTukaram Mundhenhas become highly popular in the area. In such a short duration, he has unearthedntwo big scams, tried his best to remove corruption, controlled hithertonunchecked powers of corporators and started ‘Walk with Commissioner’ programnwhere he used to resolve complaints of citizens on every Sunday.
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nIn India, it hasnbecome increasingly tough for an officer with an attitude of Zero Tolerancenagainst corruption to continue working on a responsible position. The people ofnMaharashtra has previously seen example of Mr. Pardeshi.
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nThe mayor ofnNMMC has become a vocal opponent of Mr. Mundhe because the IAS officer has notnpaid him any visit after becoming the Commissioner.
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nIt should bennoted that politicians had even called a bandh to protest against thenautocratic behavior of Mr. Mundhe. Ask any general citizen around the area andnyou will find who is autocratic.
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nTukaram andnDevendra Fadnavis
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nTukaram Mundhenwas handpicked by none other than the Chief Minister of Maharashtra – DevendranFadnavis. It is because of this fact that he got the free hand till now tonclean the system.
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nUnfortunately,nShiv Sena along with Nationalist Congress Party and Congress joined hand tonbring a no – confidence motion against him. BJP remained mum and voted againstnthe motion.
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nNow, the Governmentnof Maharashtra is left with no option than to recall Mr. Mudhe. It will be hisn11th transfer in 10 years. He was never allowed to work on any postnfor more than one year.
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nThe localncitizens are resenting against this move. However, it is very unlikely thatnMudhe will be retained if the Government chooses to go by the rule book and thenConstitution of India.
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nIt is possiblenthat like Mr. Pardeshi, Tukaram will be asked by Narendra Modi to work in thenPMO.
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nProfile ofnTukaram Mudhe
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nTukaram Mudhenwas born in Tadsonna village of Beed district. His father was a simple farmernwho did everything to provide the best possible education to Tukaram.
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nTukaram hasnalways been a brilliant student. He did schooling from Zila Parishad School andnlater shifted to Aurangabad for Graduation and Post Graduation. He cracked UPSCnCivil Services Examination in 2005 and got IAS with his home cadre.
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nEver sincenjoining the elite services, he is making positive news whether he worked in thendrought hit areas or in the city. It is unfortunate for India that officersnlike him are not allowed to work freely.
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