Has Shetty lost hold over officials?

By CT reporter
MANGALORE : Is it true that the district in-charge minister B Nagaraj Shetty has lost hold over the offiicals of the district ? Yes, says government department souces here.
The minister’s warning and deadline set for highway repair went unheeded. Another directive to the auithorities to see that there was uninterrupted power supply also met the same fate. His warning only led to frequent power cuts much to wrath of the public. It is said even in matters pertaining to transfer of police officials the district minister had virtually no say or his words had no weightage. What is happening as of now is the police officials themselves prevailing upon the government to have their say in matters of deputing police officers of their choice.
Asif this is not suffice, the minister, is learnt to have even lost hold over his very own department. The directive of the minister to commence the third phase works of the fisheries port has still not been implemented.
There is no denying that the Mangalore violence and its aftermath has blemished the minister’s image. The government officials are also heard saying in a lighter vein to Shetty that ‘Your district’s in-charge minister is Vasanth Bangera."
Today, forget any police officer, Shetty is in no position to even transfer an ordinary police personnel. Even Shetty’s hold over the party is not that strong as in the past and all the latest developments are surely a setback to our district minister.