‘Instant publicity doesn’t solve problems’: Shah cautions BJP leaders on publicly targeting civil servants

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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has warned party leaders against seeking instant publicity through viral videos that show them admonishing civil servants...

According to BJP leaders, Shah delivered the message while addressing newly elected party MLAs in Chhattisgarh..

As party president, he added, I have seen the defeat of such video-veer politicians with big margins.. Leaders, he said, should instead give time to the bureaucracy to solve problems, mostly through passing instructions in writing...

In his address, BJP leaders said, Shah cited Chanakya and said that several times, to fulfil public aspirations, struggle takes place between public representatives and officers, but they have their own limitations...

Chhattisgarh BJP MLA Moti Lal Sahu, who was present at the meeting, told ThePrint that the message of the home minister was to become responsible public representatives and solve peoples problems without creating fuss...

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