The chief minister thinks it’s not a bad idea and has taken it upon himself to play the role of Ramgarh’s Thakur, enacted in the movie by the inimitable Sanjiv Kumar.
Addressing a conference of district collectors and superintendents of police in Raipur recently, Mr Singh said, “Sholay’s Thakur saheb hired the mercenaries Jai and Veeru to get rid of the dreaded Gabbar Singh. You should take a leaf from the two characters and bond together to crush the demon, backwardness, in your respective areas.”
The recent decision of the state government authorising district collectors to write Confidential Character Roll (CCR) of the superintendents of police of their respective districts has not gone down well with the latter.
However, Raman Singh’s words seem to have struck a chord as the civil servants and police chiefs of the districts were seen shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries after the conference.
But the bonhomie ended there. The chief minister may be Sholay’s Thakur but he will have to do more to get his Jai and Viru to ride the iconic motorcycle with the sidecar and sing, “Yeh dosti hum nahin todenge...” Perhaps a Basanti will provide inspiration. Perhaps.
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