Take official presentations yourself. Travel to the ground to meet people. Use government guest houses rather than hotels. Don’t appoint relatives as secretaries.
These are among a list of do’s and don’t issued by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the ministers in his council as he attempts to burnish his governance credentials ahead of the urban local body polls later this year — and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
As part of these guidelines, the CM has also laid out a day-wise agenda for ministers, it is learnt. Ministers will spend the first four days of the week in the capital Lucknow. On Monday, they will have to be in their office to hold meetings, look after departmental works, and meet people. On Tuesday they will attend a Cabinet meeting —if it’s held that day — and meet public representatives. On Wednesday and Thursday, they will attend meetings of government-level committees.
From Friday to Sunday, ministers will tour districts to meet people, address their grievances, and stay in the district assigned as minister-in-charge.
