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A elder Indian Administrative Service (IAS) serviceman landed successful a enactment for his remarks connected preservation and caste heirarchy, and the contented refused to dice down adjacent aft helium sought apology for his remarks connected Brahmin community.
At a nationalist gathering connected November 23, elder IAS serviceman Santosh Verma, purportedly said successful Hindi that reservations should proceed until a Brahmin agrees to get his girl joined disconnected to the IAS officer’s son.
The Brahmin assemblage connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025), protested against Mr. Verma and the authorities General Administration Department issued a show-cause announcement to him, asking wherefore disciplinary enactment should not beryllium taken against him for his remarks, which magnitude to “disrupting societal harmony and spreading hatred successful the society.”
Protests were staged successful Narmadapuram, Gwalior, Burhanpur, Itarsi, Pipariya, Raisen and different places, and his effigies were burnt. Protesters demanded his dismissal from work and the registration of a First Information Report against him.
In Gwalior, a ample fig of lawyers and members of the Brahmin community, led by elder lawyer Anil Mishra, reached the Superintendent of Police’s bureau and demanded the registration of an FIR against Verma. SP Dharmveer Singh assured them that the substance volition beryllium investigated and due enactment volition beryllium taken. Mr. Mishra warned of a larger protestation if an FIR was not registered wrong 3 days.
On Tuesday (November 25), an effigy of the IAS serviceman was burnt successful Rajgarh district. Members of the All India Brahmin Samaj besides protested against him successful beforehand of the MP Nagar constabulary station.
IAS serviceman apologises
On the aforesaid day, Mr. Verma apologised for his remarks saying that helium ne'er intended to insult immoderate assemblage oregon religion. "I had nary volition of creating governmental uproar. Simply, it was our authorities enforcement gathering of Madhya Pradesh AJJAKS (Anusuchit Jati-Janjati Adhikari Evam Karmchari Sangh). During the meeting, our erstwhile president of AJJAKS, who held the presumption for the past 21 years, submitted his resignation and I was elected caller president of AJJAKS unanimously. After that, we were sharing our views connected whether preservation should beryllium connected an economical oregon societal basis," said Mr. Verma.
"A fewer radical believed that if anyone has go an IAS serviceman past immoderate different subordinate of the household should not beryllium eligible for reservation. Speaking connected this, I had said that if I americium financially autarkic and my societal backwardness is over, past my children and our assemblage should person 'roti-beti' attraction from society. But lone a peculiar information was propagated from my address," Mr. Verma claimed.
He further added that helium had nary ill-will towards immoderate assemblage nor had immoderate volition to wounded the girl of immoderate community.
"If my words person wounded the sentiments of immoderate individual, oregon community, I sincerely apologise. Some radical propagated lone a information of what I had said. Those who person fanned this contention person taken lone 1 enactment from the code I had made," helium said.
