The Vice-Chairman of NAFED Dr Sunil Kumar Singh has lambasted government nominee Ashok Thakur for the negativism displayed by the latter in matters relating to the future of the agri-cooperative.
Dissenting is fine but only when it is done for a purpose. Dissenting in order to delay a decision when Nafed is struggling hard to revive itself is not fair, Singh who also happens to be the Chairman of Biscomaun said to Indian Cooperative.
There are many other things not expected of an elected director in which Thakur indulges, underlined Sunil. He would come to the Nafed office even when there is no board meeting and would demand files from the officials.
Scared that he represents the govt the officials usually surrender to his dictates. And if some of them object to Thakur’s style they are browbeaten. “If you do not share the files you will have to pay for it”, he threatens, stated Singh.
I am board member on a number of national cooperative bodies and I know how an elected Director should conduct himself. We do not go to any office unless called for a meeting, Singh said.
Directors are there for giving their opinions on policy matters. The day to day running of cooperative affairs is not their field of responsibility. But Thakur is not ready to understand it and he behaves as if he were the CEO of Nafed, said Singh.
Readers would recall that the government nominee Ashok Thakur recently blamed the ruling clique for ignoring his dissent and not making it part of the proceedings. He accuses them of sending the resolution of the Board to the Minister lying it was “unanimously passed”.
Later he took up the matter by writing a separate letter to the Union Agriculture Minister expressing his dissent on the issue.
