Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and former MlA Kishore Samrite has alleged that the State Government is biased towards the SC/ST IAS officers serving in Madhya Pradesh.
In a statement, Samrite condemned the State Government’s alleged move to harass and isolate the IAS officers, Shashi Karnawat and Ramesh Thete, from the service by framing them in corruption cases.
As soon as Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) came to power it withdrew 28,000 to 32,000 cases of its party members and also against 42 IAS and IPS officials and nine ministers that were filed under lokayukta investigation. Meanwhile, the State Government had sanctioned the prosecution against Karnawat. Samrite alleged that if she was corrupt she would have been rich, but she is under huge debt.
During the suspension, Karnawat should be given 75 per cent of her salary, but she received nill and now she is at the verge of suicide. Similarly, Ramesh Thete was trapped in a bribe case of `35,000 and the Government will terminate him from services.
Both the IAS officers are from the socially backward and weaker class. Samrite has advised Karnawat and Thete to stay away from Congress as in the past, IAS officers Maan Dahima and Hoshiyar Singh suffered as they depended on Congress.
Samrite asked the officer, “If you intend to join politics by leaving job, they should come to the BSP will fight for your rights and forming Government by uprooting the riling BJP.”