The Karnataka State Government has replaced BH Anil Kumar with N Manjunath Prasad as the Commissioner of BBMP. In its official order, the government communicated the decision to the media.
Lockdown row the reason for transfer?
Although BH Anil Kumar had previously been praised for his work at the helm of Bengaluru’s civic-body, ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Anil was not popular amongst the political bigwigs. The matter seemed to have taken an obvious turn when BH Anil Kumar told in the media that extending the lockdown to 15 days could help break the cycle. This is despite the government’s stance that lockdown was not the solution for curbing the outbreak of the virus.
Twitteratti not amused with the move
Users on Twitter complained that the move was unnecessary considering the fragile state that the city is in. Moreover, a few were unhappy with the reappointment of Mr. Manjunath Prasad, from whom BH Anil Kumar had taken the responsibility of BBMP. There are also rumors that none of the MLA’s in the assembly supported Anil Kumar, and this might have led to the ousting of the IAS officer. Hence, a couple of netizens took to their accounts to vent their disappointment about the matter. Here are a few tweets in this regard:
BBMP Commissioner BH Anil Kumar @BBMPCOMM has been transferred. This comes in the backdrop of a controversy broke yesterday, when he had urged the govt to extend lockdown upto 15 days.Transferring an honest officer in tough situation isn't the solution.#BBMP #BBMPFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/L4AJdGQEN1
— Karthik V M (@KarthikVM18) July 18, 2020
With #BBMP trending on @Twitter due to a sudden decision by @CMofKarnataka deciding to transfer @BBMPCOMM just thought of sharing that the @Twitter handle is reflecting their highest sincerity and this transfer could be a political vendetta pic.twitter.com/spOXrReJHB
— Deepak Kumar Vasudevan (@lavanyadeepak) July 18, 2020
Karnataka state govt in ICU, we were praising bsy for his model but know truth is coming out, first they did bed scam of 200cr, know changing the bbmp com for no reason its show their credibility towards citizens. #BBMP pic.twitter.com/k3paaRoBdI
— Tousif Warsi (@WarsiTousif) July 18, 2020
Oh, come on! Everyone knows that this circus of transferring the old one & appointing the new chief not gonna stop corruption in #BBMP. It's time to dissolve BBMP and appoint administrator. https://t.co/e29GdGgO8o
— Iview (@iamgouri) July 18, 2020
Failure of bjp in both civic body and state, during this pandemic when cm himself quarantine, replacing a settle officer, it show their responsibility towards citizens.#BBMP
— Tousif Warsi (@WarsiTousif) July 18, 2020
We have so many brilliant IAS officers, who deserves the @BBMPCOMM but why the government is not serious about appointing a full time commissioner in this testing times #BBMP
— Keshav ?? (@keshava_murthy) July 18, 2020
Mr.Anil Kumar is citizen and animal friendly, unlike his predecessor. He has brought out wonderful work, citizen friendly circulars, pro – animal circulars during times of crisis. He is a very Pro active IAS officer and no one can match him and his work.
— Raghu Ramesh (@raghuramesh4) July 18, 2020
BBMP commissioner BH Anil Kumar transferred with immediate effect.
N Manjunatha Prasad to take over as the new Palike Commissioner.From the hyped 'Bengaluru Model' to this, escalated real quick. #bbmp #commissioner #transfer #anilkumar pic.twitter.com/miDEZWzl3R
— Ashish Pareek (@pareektweets) July 18, 2020
#anilkumar #bbmp time for some politics in Bangalore. Why make this transfer in the middle of a pandemic and when cases are skyrocketing. @BBMPCOMM @CMofKarnataka @DeccanHerald @BangaloreMirror https://t.co/E9jRV36CfK
— Ajay Gandhi (@ajaygandhi81) July 18, 2020
@BSYBJP transferring BH Anil kumar & bringing in N Manjunath Prasad as new #bbmp comm is an adm decision, let's leave it. May be he felt new person at this point would take more time to understand bbmp ecosystem itself hence chose Mr Prasad, but he should hav been given only bbmp
— Rohith Simha (@rohith_simha) July 18, 2020
#Karnataka govt transfers #Bengaluru civic body commissioner BH Anil Kumar amid rising #COVID19 cases in the city, replaces him with revenue department principal secretary N Manjunatha Prasad.
Why can't #BBMP, #BJP, #Congress #JDS collaborate & work ?
— ಹರೀಶ | H a r e e s H (@HareeshKalburgi) July 18, 2020
