Rajya Sabha Official Demoted For Social Media Posts On PM Modi

New Delhi:

Rajya Sabha Secretariat has demoted a safety officer for his scoial media posts on High Minister Narendra Modi, pronouncing he violated regulations and didn’t take care of “political neutrality”.

In an order dated February 12, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat stated that the Chairman of the home Venkaiah Naidu has “imposed the penalty of relief to the decrease grade of safety officer for a duration of 5 years on Urujul Hasan, Deputy Director (Safety), who’s underneath suspension” for violation of the foundations through failing to take care of “political neutrality”.

Consistent with the order, but even so demotion, Mr Hasan would now not get increments in his wage for 5 years or regain his present place at the expiry of the punishment duration.

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat concluded the disciplinary court cases initiaed in opposition to Hasan at the fees of sharing a number of “offensive, derogatory, demeaning and sarcastic posts on social media in opposition to the Hon’ble High Minister of India and a few Union Ministers and Leader Ministers”, the order reads.

The Secretariat stated that Mr Hasan additionally shared plenty of posts “indicating his energetic involvement or help or indulgence in political actions, canvassing in reference to an election to the legislature and failure to take care of political neutrality and so forth. and thereby violating the foundations”.

The Rajya Sabha Provider Laws 1957 and Central Civil Products and services (Habits) Laws bar staff from indulging in any job that is regarded as “unbecoming of a central authority servant”, but even so prohibiting any involvement in political actions.