Railway Ministry Demands Action Against MoS Jitendra Singh's OSD Sanjiv Kumar For Article on Piyush Goyal
'The article, besides being in bad taste, questions the wisdom of senior functionaries of the level of secretary to the government of India and also casts aspersions on the Minister of Railways (Piyush Goyal)' said the letter, demanding the removal of the officer for writing the article.
New Delhi, January 1: The Railway Ministry has proposed sacking Union minister Jitendra Singh's Officer on Special Duty for doubting the ability of Union railway minister Piyush Goyal and questioning the conduct and intelligence of senior government officials in his article, according to media reports. Piyush Goyal Faces Protests in Lucknow; Railway Employees Raise Slogans, Vandalise Minister’s Car Windows: Watch Video.
Ranjanesh Sahai, the Railway Board Secretary, has written to the Department of Personnel and Training demanding immediate sacking of Sanjiv Kumar for "breach of official decorum and misconduct". Sanjiv Kumar is a 2005 batch officer of the Indian Railway Personnel Service. Piyush Goyal Tweets NASA's Images Claiming Modi Government Electrified All Villages in India! Railway Minister Trolled for Sharing Fake News.
Sanjiv Kumar is also the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Union Minister Jitendra Singh. Jitendra Singh holds multiple portfolios like being the minister of state in Prime Minister's Office and Minister for Development of North Eastern Region.
"A case of breach of official decorum and misconduct of Sanjiv Kumar, IRPS, has been brought to the notice of railway board. Sanjiv Kumar has authored an article, published by two websites," Mr Sahai wrote in his letter to the DoPT.
"The article, besides being in bad taste, questions the wisdom of senior functionaries of the level of secretary to the government of India and also casts aspersions on the Minister of Railways (Piyush Goyal)," said the letter. (With PTI Inputs)