Kerala Suspends Two IAS Officers, Including Collector Bro
The government headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has suspended two IAS officers over problems of indiscipline and social media controversy. K Gopalakrishnan and N Prasanth are the two IAS officials who have been suspended by the Kerala government in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.
Kerala Suspends Two IAS Officers Over Indiscipline
However, on the other front, K Gopalakrishnan is also being accused of running a particular WhatsApp group called "Mallu Hindu Officers" that was raising questions on religious identity publicity in the bureaucracy. While Gopalakrishnan claimed that his phone was hacked, forensic investigations did not find any evidence for this, reportedly because it had been formatted. This prompted the government to take disciplinary action against him.
Another Hindu became victim of communist government of Kerala.
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Shri Gopalkrishnan K., a senior IAS officer suspended only because he allegedly used the word 'HINDU' in the name of a Whatsapp group. It is a clear sign of the anti Hindu character of the state government. The… pic.twitter.com/8e25JUR2Bz
N. Prasanth, popularly known as 'Collector Bro', and Special Secretary in the Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers' Welfare too was suspended. He was accused of posting a controversial comment on Facebook calling his senior Additional Chief Secretary A. Jayatilak a psychopath and of spreading false information. He testified that his intent was to raise voices against the harmful practices. Prasanth told the tribunal that being able to criticize was a constitutional right. He pleaded his case, but what he says was ruled as a breach of discipline by the government, which decided his suspension.
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That disciplinary action triggered much debate on social media that only government can tolerate indiscipline. Prasanth was attacked earlier when opposition members, indulging in corruption, were alleged to have been in league with him by the then Fisheries Minister Mercykutty Amma. Political motives are now being credited with suspensions as the opposition figures join the chorus.
Kerala's Revenue Minister K. Rajan has earlier warned officers to observe discipline during their service, thus declaring that indiscipline was not going to be tolerated in the administration.
