The BJP-IPFT government, which is in charge of Tripura, has issued a memorandum recommending that the bureaucrats avoid wearing jeans, denim and sunglasses during their duties. The order was severely criticized by the opposition CPM and Congress, who opposed the government’s “feudal mentality.”
Regional magistrates, ADM as regional leaders need to ensure that state-level official meetings or other high-level official meetings chaired by chief ministers, vice-chairmen, ministers, chief secretaries, etc., are required to be based on dress code requirements, “the memo said.
The memorandum was released on August 20th and continues to elaborate on the “dressing requirements”. “You should avoid using casual wear such as jeans and cargo pants.” Kumar stated in the memo that he has 30 years of experience working in the Indian government, and Officials of the International Accounting Standards or Central Service Department have not yet seen the casual wear coming to the office.
The memorandum also pointed out that some officials read and send information through mobile phones during the meeting, which is a sign of “disrespect”.
When talking about the former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar suggesting that the officer put down his pocket, the official reiterated this statement and recommended that the district magistrate ensure that they and their team members demonstrate the proper etiquette and adhere to the appropriate “Code of Conduct”. When attending an official event or meeting.
In a brief warning, the Principal Secretary referred to a case from an official from Madhya Pradesh, who received the Chief Minister wearing sunglasses. Kumar said that the official was later severely punished.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb special duty official Sanjay Mishra said he did not know that any such memorandum was being released.
“I don’t know the instructions. I will investigate it,” he said.
Tapas Dey, vice chairman of the Tripura State Congress, said the order reflected the “feudal mentality” of the state’s ruling BJP-IPFT government.
“This is a feudal ideology. “The government ignores the basic issues, but turns the non-issue into a design issue in order to shift people’s attention to failures in all aspects,” Dey said.
CPM spokesperson Goutam Das criticized the memo and said it was reminiscent of British colonial rule.
“We are a democracy. This is not a colonial regime.