Centre Directs Odisha Chief Secy To Act Against IAS Officer For ‘Rules Violations’, Tweets Aparajita Sarangi

Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Bhubaneswar Aparajita Sarangi on Tuesday informed that the Centre has taken cognisance of the violation of Conduct Rules by an officer in Odisha.

“Based on clear evidence of violation, DoPT has asked Chief Secretary to take action as state is the cadre-controlling authority. Hope law will be allowed to take its course,” she tweeted while sharing a copy of the letter.

The order has been issued on the basis of a complaint filed by the Bhubaneswar MP and Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal, who had also submitted video, CD and pen Drive on the alleged violations of the Conduct Rules by the officer.

This came hours after Odisha Congress campaign committee chairman Bijay Patnaik informed about having written to Centre, demanding appropriate measures over alleged ‘violation’ of AIS Conduct Rules by 5T Secretary VK Pandian.

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On June 25, Aparajita had also expressed surprise over huge police deployment for Pandian during his Bargarh visit. She sought information from the Director General of Police (DGP) about security deployment level for the Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner. “Why should a person going to inspect development work have so much fear & ‘insecurity’?” she tweeted.

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Quoting an RTI reply, Patnaik had then claimed that no instructions has been issued to the officer to conduct such tours.

To silence the Opposition’s criticism on the official sanction to his tours to different parts of Odisha and announcing different projects, Pandian on Monday played an audio message from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on his approval to the visits at a public meeting in Bargarh.

Also Read: Secretary VK Pandian Shows CM’s Approval For His Visits, Plays Naveen’s Audio Message