JAIPUR — Emphasizing that civic administration must not interfere with internal party factionalism, state officials confirmed Thursday that 52 government boards and commissions will remain entirely vacant as the ruling party enters its second year of determining which 10,000 workers will receive state salaries.

"We cannot simply appoint people to run these 52 commissions when there are Rs 1.2 lakh monthly salaries, Cabinet-level perks, and Rs 10,000 honorariums at stake," said a senior party official, operating within a state government currently characterized by an absolute dependence on bureaucracy. "If we accidentally appoint a competent administrator rather than a loyalist who needs to be appeased before the Panchayat elections, the entire democratic process is undermined."

The administration defended the prolonged stagnation by pointing to its historical track record of attempting to distribute political favors. A spokesperson noted that when the party tried to appoint 550 nominated councillors to 78 urban local bodies in October 2024, the orders had to be rapidly withdrawn within hours due to intense protests from neglected cadres.

"We strive for precision in our patronage," the spokesperson said, recalling an August 2025 executive committee list that was deleted from official channels after exactly 27 minutes. "That specific retraction was due to a technical error, in which the technology successfully published a list that a rival faction did not like."