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The point is that its not any official but a Chief Minister( akin to Governor in the US) that is doing this. The message that he is putting across to all other Government officials is much more important than us being able to see if he is slacking off or not.

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I think this is to score political brownie points, but it still an interesting idea. It comes in the wake of what has been a very eventful year in India against corruption[1] which included fasts by a prominent social activist to pass India's first ombudsman bill[2].

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Indian_anti-corruption_mov...

[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Lokpal_Bill

This is no political gimmick. I am from Kerala, where Oommen Chandy is CM, and can quite understand what he is trying to achieve. Mr. Chandy is a straight forward and no non-sense person who speaks his mind. And he has created enough enemies in doing so. Now there are quite a lot of people who blame him for corruption for no reason. This is his way to put an end to such blame game; way easier than denying all allegations against him.

To me the deeper point is that politicians are slowly waking up and responding to the will of the populace that votes them in. This may be a token gesture, but it is a huge step as a tacit admission that voter opinion matters to once-unaccountable officials.

Especially taking the office after overthrowing the freaking communists.

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