Opp up in arms, Haryana Dy CM promises action
A day after Karnal Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ayush Sinha, a 2018 batch IAS officer, was caught on camera instructing policemen to “crack the heads” of farmers at a protest, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Sunday assured strict action against the officer.
“The use of such terminology by an officer is condemnable and action will definitely be taken in this regard. Maintaining law and order is the job of the Government and the administration. The behaviour of the SDM is contrary to the training of an IAS officer,” said Chautala while talking to mediapersons here.
The statement came amid the Opposition’s mounting attack against the BJP-JJP led Haryana Government after the brutal lathi-charge on farmers in Karnal on Saturday.
Reacting to the justification given by the SDM over the language used in the video, Dushyant, who is the JJP’s senior leader, said: “The explanation for the lathi-charge is that the officer did not sleep for two days. He should know that the farmer is unable to sleep 200 nights in 365 days of the year.”