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The Madhya Pradesh authorities has issued a show-cause announcement to elder IAS serviceman Santosh Kumar Verma aft his allegedly casteist remarks created a disturbance successful the State and led to protests from the Brahmin assemblage successful assorted parts.
As per the announcement issued by the General Administration Department connected Wednesday, the authorities said the remarks made by Mr. Verma, who was precocious appointed State president of the M.P. Anusuchit Jati and Janjati Adhikari Evam Karmachari Sangh (AJJAKS), prima facie amounted to “harming societal harmony and creating animosity successful the society” and fell nether the class of “indiscipline and superior misconduct”.
“Thus, by violating Rule 3(1), 3(2)(b) (i)(ii) of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, you person rendered yourself liable for disciplinary proceedings nether the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969,” the announcement read, asking him to respond wrong 7 days wherefore disciplinary enactment should not beryllium taken against him.
Addressing a determination acme of the AJJAKS connected November 23, Mr. Verma had said, “One idiosyncratic successful 1 household should get preservation until a Brahmin gives distant his girl to my son, oregon (she) has a narration with him, if it’s lone astir the economical condition.”
Mr. Verma is presently posted arsenic a Deputy Secretary successful the Agriculture Department.
His remarks led to protests from the Brahmin assemblage successful assorted parts of the State, including Bhopal, Gwalior, Singrauli, Narmadapuram and Raisen, wherever Brahmin outfits gave complaints astatine constabulary stations demanding an FIR against him. The protesters person besides termed his connection “anti-women”.
Leaders from some the ruling BJP and absorption Congress person besides sought enactment against him.
A delegation of the Secretariat Officers’ Association, led by its president Sudhir Nayak, submitted a memorandum to Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla, urging the authorities to instrumentality enactment against Mr. Verma’s statement.
Issues clarification
Mr. Verma, however, issued a clarification connected Tuesday, saying helium did not mean to wounded women’s sentiment oregon make a governmental controversy.
“At a gathering of the State portion of AJJAKS, 1 docket point for treatment was that whether preservation should beryllium based connected economical grounds oregon societal grounds. On this subject, immoderate radical were of the sentiment that cipher other successful the household of an IAS serviceman should beryllium fixed reservation. So, I had said that if I americium financially autarkic and not socially backward anymore, past my children should person ‘roti-beti’ attraction from society. Some radical person lone taken retired 1 enactment from my code and dispersed it,” helium said, adding that by “giving away” helium meant kanyadaan (a Hindu ritual of giving distant a girl successful marriage).
“I don’t person sick volition against immoderate community. I did not privation to wounded women’s sentiments. I explicit regret if I person wounded anyone,” Mr. Verma said, speaking to quality bureau ANI.
This is not the archetypal clip Mr. Verma has landed successful a controversy. In 2021, helium was accused of forging judicial orders utilizing fake signatures of a justice to get himself alleviation successful a transgression intimidation lawsuit filed against him by a woman. He was besides aboriginal arrested successful Indore connected the judge’s complaint.
As per reports, Mr. Verma has besides faced accusations of utilizing forged documents to get promoted from the State administrative cadre to IAS cadre. He has faced cases of intimidation and exploitation and fake committedness of matrimony by women successful the past.
