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Kharge: PM politicising bureaucracy blatantly
The Morning Standard
|October 23, 2023
CONCERNED over a recent government order to involve senior bureaucrats in a crosscountry 'yatra' to showcase the achievements of the Modi government, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday demanding immediate recall of the order.
Kharge's letter refers to an order dated October 18 of the Department of Revenue in the Finance Ministry about the nomination of officers in the ranks of joint secretary, director and deputy secretary to be deployed as 'rath prabharis' (special officers) in 765 districts in the country.
Accusing the BJP government of using bureaucrats as campaigners of the party, Kharge said the matter was of great concern not just to the INDIA parties but also to the people at large.
This story is from the October 23, 2023 edition of The Morning Standard.
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