BHOPAL : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has once again proved that it is calling the shots in the state. Close on the heels of the appointment of Manish Kumar in CM office, Hemant Deshmukh, a Nagpur-based RSS worker has been given the charge of state’s Rozgar Nirman Board. Deshmukh is said to be close to top leaders of RSS.

Deshmukh was sent by a top leader of RSS to chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He has been working in the field of employment for some years. Deshmukh, who is staunch RSS worker, came in contact with Chouhan three years back. Sources said Rozgar Nirman Board has been revived after a period of eleven years just to accommodate Deshmukh. The Board was constituted during the tenure of chief minister Uma Bharati and Shailendra Sharma was made the chairman of its executive council. It remained functional during the term of Babulal Gaur but was disbanded immediately after Chouhan becoming the chief minister.

Chief Minister Chouhan insists on giving employment to local people only but a person from outside the state has been given the responsibility of creating job opportunities in the state.

Earlier, RSS used to avoid obliging its workers by getting them positions in the government. But that is no longer so. Gopal Krishna Dandotia and Jaikishan Sharma were appointed in the office of commissioner of Public Relations at the behest of the RSS. Dandotia’s term has come to an end.

Others like BK Kuthiyala, vice-chancellor, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University of Journalism, Pradeep Pandey and Raghavendra Gautam, vice-presidents of Jan Abhiyaan Parishad, Raghavendra Sharma, chairman, Madhya Pradesh Commission for Protection of Child’s Rights (MPCPCR) and Sultan Singh chairman of Asangathit Kamgar Board are all RSS nominees.