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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Once, Congress found a hero in Ashok Khemka

Once, Congress found a hero in Ashok Khemka

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published Published on Oct 18, 2012   modified Modified on Oct 18, 2012
-The Times of India

CHANDIGARH: It's not for the first time that Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka has kicked up a storm and put the ruling party in a tight spot with his revelations. And it's also not the first time that the 'whistleblower' officer has been 'used' by the political party in Opposition to hit the ruling government hard.

If today Haryana Opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) party is going all the way to 'support' Khemka to launch an attack on the Congress, then it was Congress which had come out to 'save' the officer from INLD wrath in 2004 when OP Chautala was the chief minister.

Khemka, during his stint as director of secondary education department in September 2004, had put his foot down and refused to entertain the transfers of teachers recommended by the chief minister's office.

The recommendations were made by the CMO despite a blanket ban on teachers' transfers.

Khemka had not only faced transfer within seven days of his appointment but also had to go without an official car and at that time Congress, taking Khemka's side, had blasted Chautala for "harassing an honest officer."

"Khemka did not care for any recommendation for transfer, not even from the CMO," said an INLD leader.

Unwilling to be identified, a Congress leader said, "Khemka had provided us a tool to fight the Chautalas with. We were looking for an issue and there he was raising hell."

Congress had again supported Khemka the same year when he had opposed the acquisition of Nathupur panchayat land worth crores of rupees in Gurgaon district by Chautala government for a private builder for a paltry sum.

Meanwhile, Chautala on Wednesday during a press conference in Jalandhar praised Khemka but when asked why did he transfer the officer eight times during his tenure as CM from 1999 to 2004, Chautala said no officer was shifted with mala fide intention during his tenure.

Asked the reason for so many transfers, Chautala said it was government's prerogative. When reminded that Hooda government was using the same argument, Chautala repeated, "We never transferred officers with mala fide intention". He said Khemka was promoted and was given crucial postings during his tenure.

Asked whether INLD would give Khemka due honour and crucial postings if it returned to power, Chautala first avoided a direct reply but after repeated prodding said officers like him would be honoured and those who were now sitting at plum postings would be taken to task.

The Times of India, 18 October, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Once-Congress-found-a-hero-in-Ashok-Khemka/articleshow/16858038.cms


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