Sr journalist writes to CM on FB post, says if his laptop n other items get stolen, the loss will have to be compensated from the CM’s salary

A senior accredited journalist of Uttarkhand dares the chief minister not to stop his vehicle at the state secretariat in future cautionng him that if his lap top, camera, books and other expensive material gets stolen while his car is parked outside as the government order prohibits his entry, then the entire loss will have to be borne by the CM from his salary.

The journalist seems to be annoyed with the chief minister after his car was stopped at the state secretariat’s gate on 31st January by the security people citing the reason that the state’s higher ups have issued fresh orders not to allow the state’s accredited sr journalists go inside in vehicles.

The senior journalist is none other but a renowned author n scribe Rajiv Nayan Bahuguna who posesses the chequered journalistic carreer spanning four decades and is also the son of internationally popular environmentalist Padma shree n Padma Vibhushan nonagenerian Sunder Lal Bahuguna. Rajiv is too a popular name in Uttarakhand n country’s journalistic circles who is considered to be a roving journalist with progessive ideology. The veteran journalist has no other way to vent his grievance or anger/ protest but to write a hard hitting letter to the chief minister on his FB post.

According to the letter written in pure hindi addressd to Uttarakhand CM ( also covered by Himalayan discover) which I am translating verbatim in english for the convenience of avid english readers the contents are as below. The contents of the letter are quite interesting and daring.

The Chief Minister, Uttarakhand

Dear Sir,

Yesterday, on 31st January, Thursday I was stopped at the main entrance of the secretariat prohibiting my entry with my vehicle. Got to know that these orders were issued by the higher ups. It’s quite obvious the high ups is none other than you. Respected Sir, I usually travel in an open jeep. I do so from the point of view of maintaining transparency, because I am not the journalist accompanying the brief case full of notes and girls inside the car with tinted glasses ( black film) You also know that I am not the sting doing journalist and consider sting as an unethical affair.

You also maintain transparency/ integrity and do not stop my vehicle at the gate. My car contains laptop, camera, books n bottles of scotch. If these items are stolen due to my vehicle beng parked outside, the entire loss will have to be borne from your salary. There are hardly 10 accredited sr journalist in Dehradun with four wheelers. They never visit the secretariat together.

I myself had gone there after three months. There won’t be crowd escalation in your Durbaar due to our cars. Instead of preventing my vehicle, the vehicles of those KHAU , bureaucrats should be restricted entry inside the secretariat who are getting fat day by day due to over eating n have been advised walking to reduce over weight. Please do note. I should be treated as a king treats another king. Failing which I will return back the the officially granted/ sanctioned entry pass of the state secretariat.

With affection n due Regards
Rajiv Nayan Bahuguna
Dehradun