In a major development, a Dalit whistle blower IAS officer Ashok Kumar Parmar has knocked the doors of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) against Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and chief secretary Arun Mehta for “inflicting harassment and humiliation upon him.”
The 1992 AGMUT cadre IAS Parmar who had highlighted “irregularities” in implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in Jammu and Kashmir, in a complaint to the chairman NCSC has alleged that he was also being frequently transferred for his being a scheduled caste solely for the reason that he blew whistle and highlighted “bunglings” in the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission of Jal Shakti Department in J&K.
Parmar, who is currently posted as Chairman, Bureau of Public Enterprises, has accused Sinha and Mehta of “harrasment, humiliation, intimidation, atrocious behaviour and frequent transfers for his being a Scheduled Caste solely for the reason that he blew whistle and highlighted bunglings in implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission.”
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