Viral Video: MLA screams at UP officer Garima Singh; “Threatening young IAS officers is not acceptable”, retorts IAS Association

THE IAS Association in a social media post on Tuesday said, threatening young IAS officers working in the field is not acceptable, after a video purportedly showing BJP MLA Uday Bhan Singh threatening Agra's Kirawali sub-divisional magistrate, Garima Singh, went viral. In the video, MLA can be heard saying, “Aapko maloom nahi main vidhayak hun (Don’t you know I am an MLA)? Meri taakat ka ehsaas nahi hai (You don’t realise my power).” The IAS Association in a Tweet said:

1994 batch IAS Aparajita Sarangi quits IAS; likely to contest Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket

Aparajita Sarangi (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

Aparajita Sarangi, a 1994 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer who took voluntary retirement early this month, is joining the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), thereby becoming the second IAS officer in the recent time to quit IAS and join the party that has been ruling the Central government. Only in August this year, 2005 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS, OP Choudhary, resigned from the elite service to join the BJP. He contested from Kharasia constituency of the state in the assembly poll that was held on November 20. The results will be out on December 11. In Sarangi’s state, Odisha, the BJP is, however, in the…

What next for 2005 batch IAS OP Choudhary? Is he contesting assembly poll on a BJP ticket?

Choudhary while receiving the PM's award (File Photo) 

IN A major development in Chhattisgarh last week, 2005 batch IAS officer OP Choudhary resigned from the elite service, making his peers surprised and also raising speculations about his next move. If the media reports are to be believed, Choudhary who was the Raipur district collector till recently, may join the ruling party, BJP, and contest from the assembly constituency of…

List of comments from retired and serving officers on Delhi's IAS-Neta impasse

Clipping Photo Courtesy: IAS Association Twitter

AGMUT cadre IAS officers on Sunday held an unprecedented press meet in New Delhi's Press Club of India to reiterate how they were not on any strike, and are, in fact, discharging their duties in Delhi administration. The officers, however, added that they skipped some meetings called by the ministers as they were concerned about their safety and dignity after the assault of the Delhi chief secretary at 12 midnight on February 19, 2018. After the press meet of the IAS officers, CM Arvind Kejriwal softened his stand saying that the “officers are part of my family”. But will this lead to any resolution anytime soon? BoI here picks out comments from a few officers -- both serving and retired -- on this IAS versus Neta impasse:

UP cop Shrestha Thakur versus ruling party netas; Chronology of events from viral video to her transfer

ON SATURDAY, Shrestha Thakur, the woman police officer in UP’s Bulandshahr district whose video of chiding some local BJP leaders went viral in social media, was transferred to Nepal border. The circle officer-ranked cop took to Facebook to say it was a “reward for good work.” “Got transfer to Bahraich, it’s Nepal border. Don’t worry my friends, I am happy. I accept it as a reward for my good work. U all are invited to Bahraich”. Here’s the chronology of the incidents around Ms Thakur:

“Please don't take my tears as a sign of weakness”: IPS officer Ms Charu Nigam

IN YET another instance of Netagiri, an MLA in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur on Monday humiliated a young woman Indian Police Service officer in front of TV cameras, forcing her to reduce into tears. IPS Association in a tweet says: “Condemn incident against ASP #Gorakhpur. If interference in law enforcement goes unpunished, the ability of police to protect people gets eroded”. Here are the 10 developments about IPS Charu Nigam getting emotional and how she responded later by saying that "Meri aansuon ko meri kamzori na samajhna” (Please don't take my tears as a sign of weakness”) 10 developments here below: 

An IPS vigilance director; disgruntled IAS officers and the Kerala CM; 10 things on officers-government friction

KERALA chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said his government maintains a warm relationship with the IAS fraternity, in an apparent bid to normalize ties between the Kerala government and top administrators after IAS officers had threatened to take causal leave en-mass against what they called “abuse of power” by state's director of vigilance and anti-corruption bureau Jacob Thomas. The officers, however, called off their proposed strike on January 9 after chief minster Vijayan took a strong stand. As reported, there was a stand-off between state CM and state chief secretary as well. Here are 10 things to explain the government-IAS friction in Kerala:

“Misinformation campaign” against officers or “Laatshahi mentality” of bureaucrats? 10 Things on Neta-Babu tussle in Delhi

THE adoption of a resolution by AGMUT cadre IAS officers’ and the DANICS officers’ associations on Tuesday to appeal to the political executive of Delhi government not to resort to unfounded allegations and misinformation campaign against officers, after a minister calling an IAS officer “incompetent, useless n insensitive”, has created an uneasy situation among bureaucrats and political class in the national capital of Delhi. How did the issue originate and where it’s leading to? BoI here presents 10 facts to sum up this new Neta-Babu tussle:

11 union ministers, 35 young IAS and a discussion on the last man in the queue

2014 batch IAS officers during the interactive session

IN A unique interaction between 11 union ministers, all from Uttar Pradesh, and about 35 IAS officers of 2014 batch —either of UP cadre or those hailing from the state —the Central government on Wednesday wanted to send a message to the young bureaucrats: Bear empathy for the last man in the queue. The young officers presently posted in various ministries and departments as assistant secretaries, participated in the interactive session which was addressed by three cabinet ministers including…

Karnataka MLA uses foul language against a woman forest service officer; “No upright officer will take such nonsense lying down”, she replies

“I will slap you and it will break your teeth…Don't you have any shame?” 

This is what an MLA from Karnataka Satish Reddy allegedly told deputy conservator of forests and 2010 batch Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer Deepika Bajpai. After media reports were published about the use of foul language by the MLA, IAS Association took to Twitter to say: “Strongly condemned. Dignity and honour of officers can’t be compromised. Threatening officers on duty is unacceptable”. It’s not yet known how Indian Forest Service Association has reacted to the incident. The woman officer wrote in a social media site that “no upright officer will take such nonsense lying down”. In fact, the incident occurred at Kodichikkannahall area of Bengaluru that witnessed…

SP Neta who allegedly used abusive language against Baghpat DM sacked; “Fair that action taken”, says IAS Association

THE government of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday sacked the chairman of UP Liquor Prohibition Board after an alleged video clip of him abusing district Panchayati Raj officer Sarvesh Kumar Pandey and using abusive language for Baghpat’s district magistrate Hriday Shankar Tiwari, went viral in social media sites. IAS Association said in a social media site: “It’s sad that the concerned official who 'abused' the DM is a wannabe legislator. Fair that action has been taken”. In fact, the politician who reportedly used abusive language in the video was…

Why is Forest Service Association upset with Jairam Ramesh? IAS Association lends support to IFoS body

INDIAN Forest Service Association on Monday took a strong objection of former union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh’s “corrupt forest bureaucrats” comment, demanding an apology from the senior Congress leader. The IAS Association immediately lent its support stating: “We stand by our colleagues in Indian Forest Service and condemn such sweeping comments against officers”. The issue arose when Ramesh while…

Officers who praised IPS Sangeeta Kalia’s courage and the one who calls her transfer a political decision

TV garb as the spat continued between IPS Kalia and minister Vij

A FEW IPS officers, the IPS association and a large number of common men and women took to social media sites on Saturday to support 2010 batch IPS officer Sangeeta Kalia who was transferred a day after a video clip of her public spat with Haryana health minister Anil Vij went viral. A few officers however indirectly supported minister Vij in this Neta-Vs-Babu saga. Before talking about who all supported the young IPS, and who were on the minister’s side, let’s first present here the excerpt of the spat in a public meeting that was held on Friday in Fatehabad, Haryana:

2 States 2 Stories: When an IAS holds umbrella for his CM and when CM says he will make things disastrous for IAS

An IAS officer is seen holding an umbrella for Maharashtra CM

“Before you make me jobless, I will make things disastrous for you” – this is what Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav told a group of senior IAS officers in a closed-door meeting on Saturday, according to a news report published in a national daily. The CM was reportedly in a very serious mood when he warned as many as…

Please don’t come to my residence: Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das to bureaucrats

NEWLY-appointed chief minister of Jharkhand Raghubar Das has asked his bureaucrats not to visit his residence unless there is any urgency and only if they are asked to come to his residence. That’s not all. The chief minister has called for improving local police stations with an appeal to the people that they should consider police as “friend”. Based on an official release issued last week and the one that quoted Das's New Year resolutions for 2015, BoI here picks out 7 of such appeals, mostly for bureaucrats.

Why so many bureaucrats are in the fray of Jammu and Kashmir poll

As the poll fever starts gripping the Valley of Kashmir, a number of civil servants have been contesting the forthcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

Two former commissioner secretaries, a retired IG of police and three officers who headed government departments...

Patna DM betrayed me, says Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi in Assembly

Bihar CM Manjhi

Patna DM ne mujhe dhokha diya (Patna DM betrayed me). This is what none other than chief minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi said in the legislative assembly on Wednesday. That’s not all. A visibly anguished CM said it’s not the DMs alone who misled him on the state’s drought situation, but senior officers of the state too ill-advised him not to talk directly to…

Bridging Neta-Babu Gap: 10 things Narendra Modi tells GoI secretaries

Modi with a section of secretaries

AFTER a gap of eight years, union secretaries on Wednesday had a chance to meet prime minister of India together in one platform. While addressing 77 secretaries, prime minister Narendra Modi said he was accessible to all officers and encouraged them to approach him with their inputs and ideas. Based on the statement issued by the PMO and feedback received from a few secretaries, BoI here lists 10 things Modi shared with India’s top bureaucrats.

YSR Congress nominates Gujarat IAS Devarapalli Kishore Rao from Bapatla in Seemandhra

Jagan Reddy in a rally

A GUJARAT cadre IAS officer Devarapalli Kishore Rao will be YSR Congress party nominee for Bapatla (SC) Lok Sabha seat that falls in Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh, according to latest reports. Rao, an officer of 1980 batch who resigned in December last year and had served mandatory 3-month-long notice period, considers himself retired though the government of Gujarat has not actually…

P Chidambaram opposes bureaucrats’ second innings in politics, but why?

No Politics Please, We Are Babus!

AT A time when more and more retired IAS and IPS offers are contesting the current Lok Sabha elections, senior Congress leader and Union finance minister P Chidambaram has aired his views against such a trend, arguing that it may set a dangerous precedence. The seasoned lawyer-turned politician who has opted out of the fray in favour of his son Karti Chidambaram this time, said that the Constitution…