Inspired by Anil Kapoor's role in film 'Nayak': Rawat

Often criticised by opposition BJP for rolling out various schemes in a hurry, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said he was inspired by Anil Kapoor's character in the film 'Nayak' who was made the Chief Minister for one day.
"Inspired by the role of Anil Kapoor in the film "Nayak", I inaugurated more than 1800 schemes on a single day but this action was not to influence voters but a well thought exercise for the development of Uttarakhand as financial arrangements for more than 1600 schemes out of them have already been made," said Rawat who was here to appeal to the voters to vote in favour of Congress candidates.

He said he launched hundreds of schemes on a single day much like the hero of a popular Bollywood movie who becomes CM just for one day because he did not want the election schedule and the Model Code of Conduct to clash with his agenda of development in the rain-ravaged state badly in need of repair and reconstruction.
Drawing generously from cricketing terminology to explain the hurry with which the schemes were launched, the chief minister said he was going about it like a cricketer plays a 20:20 match.
"In view of the proximity of the polls I did not have much time in my hands and I played it like a 20:20 match. I even took recourse to "helicopter shots" Mahendra Singh Dhoni style to implement the development schemes in quick succession," he said.

With little time at his disposal as poll schedules were to be announced soon which would have put a restriction on implementation of development schemes, he had to make a hurry soon after he was sworn in as chief minister on February 1 to inaugurate development projects, he explained.
Admitting that some of his colleagues were unhappy initially with the delay in distribution of portfolios, he said he kept most portfolios with him for more than a month as he wanted quick implementation of the schemes which would otherwise have been delayed due to multiplicity of authorities.
"Now my colleagues understand that I used helicopter shots not for any other reason but for development," the Chief Minister said.