Today's Witness Monday, 06 May 2024, 12:49 AM, ( Updated at 11:30 AM Daily)
BUREAURCRACY
Monday, 22 April, 2024 09:18:PM
After almost two years of seeking central deputation, Romil Baniya has been appointed DIG in the Home Guards; this long-seeking effort has a past that is worth observing. In politics, you either eat the baby or you are the baby," Edward Klein said. Loyalists in politics or bureaucracy have either paid the price or gained a momentous rise. Loyalists' power dynamics operate in different fashions, and they either see the long view of things or don't see at all. Romil Baniya's case is one of those in history that carries good and hard lessons, especially for those who get mesmerised by the music of power.
Romil's appointment as Staff Officer to former Police Commissioner came with great delight to everyone as Baniya was considered a bright and efficient hard taskmaster; however, soon, his skills and image got into a miscalculated power dynamics, which made him full of pride and arrogance. Top sources say, " Romil thought his association with the former CP was the end of power. Perhaps, Baniya weaved a long view of his career by using his former position in PHQ, but he made a striking miss of realising that power and position are not permanent; they cannot shield you; it is your work and image only that can become a permanent shield for you.
Romil had solid competence and personality to crack into a good paramilitary or Intelligence organisation, but his affair with power exposed the dangers of his crafty and absolutist nature; this led him to be off-tracked whenever a good central deputation choice surfaced. Top sources add, "Had Baniya been a balanced and reasonable farsighted officer, then he could have earned a good rise or could have been into a better position rather in Home Guards today." Baniya's misted view of power throws a vital lesson of being down to earth when in power, as it's your image and work in the end that can guarantee your long-term run in the bureaucratic career.