After meeting Haryana Governor last week, senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka met state Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on Thursday. The meeting which lasted for more than half an hour assumes significance as Khemka — who had been transferred for 46th time in his bureaucratic career last week, had expressed his displeasure at being transferred from the Transport Department to the Archaeology and Museums Department.
The bureaucrat could not be reached to throw light on what transpired in today's meeting with the Chief Minister. According to the Chief Minister’s media adviser it was a routine meeting. Though Khemka was earlier scheduled to meet the Chief Minister on Wednesday, the meeting was postponed by a day.
Khemka in a tweet, shortly after the meeting, wrote, “three types of karmas we see today very well portrayed in the great epic Mahabharata, illustrated by Duryodhana, Bhishmapitamah and Arjuna.” A day before, Khemka had objected to being called a “whistleblower”, saying he did what was expected of him as public servant.
Notably, on Friday, Ashok Khemka had met Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki here, a day after the IAS officer had described his transfer as “painful” in a tweet. Khemka, who has been transferred to the Archaeology and Museums Department, had posted on Twitter that it was his constant endeavour to perform his duty with honesty and without fear.
The Haryana-cadre IAS officer Khemka, shot to fame after the previous Congress led State Government chargesheeted and hounded him for exposing Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s son in law Robert Vadra-DlF land deals in the State.
Khemka had also reacted to the CAG report released last month, saying that his action in the Vadra land deal stood vindicated. The CAG had blamed the previous Congress led Haryana Government for giving undue favors to Robert Vadra owned Skylight Hospitality Pvt limited.
Notably, former principal secretary, agriculture and senior Haryana IAS officer, Roshan lal has recently written to chief secretary, DS Dhesi reiterating the decision of the previous government to go for a CBI probe if the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) corroborated his findings.