Moment truly painful: Khemka on transfer; Minister supports him - Times of India

CHANDIGARH: Haryana's Health Minister Anil Vij came out in support of whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was transferred on Wednesday 46th times in 22 years of his service. Khemka termed his transfer as "painful".

Khemka was posted as Secretary, Archaeology and Museums Department and Director General, Archaeology and Museums, a posting considered as "low profile" just four months after appointing him as state transport commissioner.

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"Tried hard to address corruption and bring reforms in Transport despite severe limitations and entrenched interests. Moment is truly painful," 49-year-old Khemka said in a tweet a day after he ttransferred by the Manohar Lal Khattar government.

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Meanwhile, Vij, an outspoken BJP leader and Ambala Cantt MLA, said that he had always stood by Khemka, "who had worked to weed out corruption during the previous Congress regime".

When asked about the decision, Vij told reporters in Ambala, "I will talk to the Chief Minister regarding Khemka's transfer."

The government did not mention any reason for his transfer. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's OSD Bhupeshwar Dayal termed it as an administrative matter.

Khemka, who shot into limelight after he questioned Robert Vadra's land deals in Haryana, said he tried to address corruption and bring reforms in state transport department despite "severe limitations and entrenched interests".

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Haryana's BJP government on Wednesday transferred Ashok Khemka to a low profile post just four months after appointing him as state transport commissioner. Only last week, while welcoming the CAG report on the land deals involving Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, Khemka had expressed his unhappiness by tweeting that he continued to face the "stigma of chargesheet".

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The BJP Government in the state had last night issued transfer and posting orders of nine IAS officers including Khemka with immediate effect.

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