NEW DELHI: Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday shared an incident from the previous when an inspector requested him to “get out” of a police station. Majhi made the comment after inaugurating the two-day collectors’ convention at Lok Seva Bhawan.
Reflecting on his expertise that happened barely a month earlier than he grew to become CM, Majhi recalled how residents of Raisuan and Gopinathpur panchayats in Keonjhar constituency had staged a protest over a ingesting water disaster by blocking NH-20 on Might 2, through the simultaneous polls in Odisha.
Majhi assured the protesters he would increase their issues with the manager engineer of the division. Nonetheless, when the then inspector in-charge, Trinath Sethi, invited the protesters to the police station, he questioned Majhi’s presence, disregarding his function as an MLA.
“The inspector questioned my presence on the police station, stating the Mannequin Code of Conduct was in impact, and instructed me to ‘get out’ or he would arrest me,” Majhi stated.
“Cannot an MLA, who can also be a candidate, go to the police station with folks’s issues?” Majhi questioned.
Feeling humiliated, Majhi staged a sit-in outdoors the police station, demanding accountability for the inspector’s actions.
“Due to Lord Jagannath’s blessings, I grew to become the CM. I may solely think about the inspector’s state of affairs afterwards. I forgave him, believing he acted below stress,” Majhi remarked whereas stressing the significance of police stations treating residents with respect.
He additional said that when folks come to file complaints, they need to be taken significantly and directed to senior officers to make sure such points are appeared into.
Majhi additionally cited an instance involving President Droupadi Murmu, who confronted disrespect from a district collector whereas serving as a minister 20 years in the past in Keonjhar.
He recalled one other incident when President Murmu, then a minister within the BJD-BJP coalition authorities, was visiting a spot with a central minister. “The district collector greeted solely the Union minister. The officer didn’t even apologise for not greeting her,” Majhi famous.
In closing, he urged officers to vary these practices and foster a tradition of respect and accountability inside authorities establishments.
