Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma started first day of the second year with morning walk at Central Park.
He met people and motivated them to adopt healthy life, yoga and walk.
The economic and social health of Rajasthan will much depend on actions in the ensuing year. While the first year of Bhajan Lal government was laced with parliamentary election and bielection, there is clear road ahead in the coming year.
The agenda is set, vision is clear and mandate is there. There is enough fodder for economic, political and social development of the state.
While the investment commitments of Rs 35 lakh crore call for a speedy conversion, the newly carved districts in the Gehlot government need a reassessment and realignment.
The 10 new policies which have been rolled out to acceleration growth and development need to be put up in right perspective. These policies should not be confined to the precinct of paper, enabling provisions should propel growth drivers.
The distribution of water through ERCP project should be in a judicious way benefiting 2.5 crore population of the state. Since it involves another state – Madhya Pradesh – as a stakeholder, Sharma should diplomatically play it in favour of eastern Rajasthan – the part to which Bhajan Lal Sharma also belongs to.
Sharma could have sit pretty amid weak and fractured opposition. But the silent antagonism with the party stream is becoming a headache for him. While his cabinet colleague Kirori Lal Meena often put him in tight situation by hitting the road on the issue of paper leak and corruption, another faction in the party tries to bring discomfort through rumour mongering.
The pay on the back by Prime Minister during Rising Rajasthan might have calmed his nerves. But then it has increased mental pressure for implementing the mandate charted out by Modi.
Vivek Shukla is a management graduate who has worked in corporate worked for 20 years and is now pursuing his passion — news.
