BENGALURU: BJP MP Pratap Simha is in the eye of a storm with his remark on central deputation of IPS officers.
Calling it a ‘migration’, he said these officers go on deputation as they don’t get a good posting in Karnataka.
His post on Facebook on March 14 got a sharp response from a woman IPS officer on March 16: “It is just your imagination.”
Roopa D Moudgil, DIG (Prisons), in her Facebook post, told the MP to allow them to do their job and not politicise bureaucracy.
Pratap had contended that IPS officer Madhukar Shetty had ‘knocked on the Centre’s door’ as he was not given a good posting in the State. He listed IPS officers Sonia Narang (DIG-CID), Labhu Ram (Bengaluru DCP-North) and Kaushalendra Kumar (DCP -CCB) as other officials deputed to the Centre.
Taking him on, Roopa asked him to let bureaucracy be free from political endorsements. “Because, politicisation of bureaucracy does not help the system and society in the long run,” she has written in her 650-word post.
Terming his views wrong and dangerous, she said, “You have said that Mr Madhukar Shetty left the state because no good posting was given to him which seems to be just your imagination. The fact is that there is no post as good or bad in rules and legislations.”
Pointing out the challenges faced by IPS officers, she said that Shetty was “never posted in a good post (by your measure) even in the previous government. Mrs Sonia Narang was left with no option but to file the case because it came to light that some people were collecting bribes in Lokayukta in her name. We, bureaucrats, know how to battle it out.”
Politicians-bureaucrats nexus is one hated thing by the public, Roopa said, adding that the view endorsed by Pratap, will only add to the problem.
The BJP MP is not new to controversies. Recently he raised a storm after sharing an image on social media sites juxtaposing Gurmehar Kaur, the daughter of a martyr and a student of Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi, with Dawood Ibrahim.