Union Minister Bisheswar Tudu’s ‘dacoit’ remark evokes sturdy response in Odisha

By PTI

ODISHA: Senior BJP chief and central minister Bisheswar Tudu’s remark that a lot of the officers appointed by way of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) are “dacoits”, has evoked a strong response in Odisha with former chief secretary Sahadev Sahu terming the comment as “defamatory.”

The union minister of state for tribal affairs and jalshakti made the remarks whereas addressing a gathering as chief customer on the golden jubilee carry out of a authorities college at Baliapal in Balasore district.

Reacting to Tudu’s remark, Odisha’s former chief secretary Sahadev Sahu, talked about: “It is defamatory to call officers appointed through the UPSC as dacoits. One needs to verify the mental condition of the man who made such a silly remark. Politicians choose members of UPSC and those members select the meritorious candidates. Therefore it is better to blame the politicians who select the members.”

A union minister can switch the ministries concerned to proper the mistaken doings in UPSC, Sahu talked about.

The UPSC is the nation’s premier central recruitment payment which appoints prime authorities officers.

“Instead of speaking at the right platform, he is making silly statements,” Sahu talked about.

Veteran journalist Rabi Das talked about if the officers are dishonest or dacoits, it is the obligation of the federal authorities to catch and punish them.

“As a central minister, he (Tudu) should ensure punishment for such dacoits, which he is not doing,” Das talked about.

BJP Balasore district president Umakanta Mohapatra talked about that Tudu has made such a remark holding in view the best way whereby officers, instead of elected peoples’ representatives, are working the federal authorities in Odisha.

Former chief secretary and Congress chief Bijay Patnaik talked about that there must be little doubt that among the many IAS officers had been “neck-deep in corruption. Action should be taken against them.”

The union minister was heard making the controversial assertion in a viral video.

PTI could not verify the authenticity of the video clip.

“I had an idea that those who are appointed through UPSC. They are the most knowledgeable persons and hold high positions. But now, I feel that most of those who have qualified from there perhaps are dacoits. I do not say 100 per cent, but many of them are dacoits,” Tudu asserted.

The minister, who’s an MP of Odisha, talked about the UPSC office is just behind his residence in Delhi, and initially he had extreme regard for it nonetheless that has modified now.

During his speech, Tudu moreover requested: “Why is our society engulfed in corruption and injustice if such educated people are there? It is because of lack of morality in our education system. Lack of spiritual education and thoughts among us.”

The minister had moreover stoked controversy in 2021 by accusing state authorities officers of misbehaving with him in his constituency in Mayurbhanj.

ODISHA: Senior BJP chief and central minister Bisheswar Tudu’s remark that a lot of the officers appointed by way of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) are “dacoits”, has evoked a strong response in Odisha with former chief secretary Sahadev Sahu terming the comment as “defamatory.”

The union minister of state for tribal affairs and jalshakti made the remarks whereas addressing a gathering as chief customer on the golden jubilee carry out of a authorities college at Baliapal in Balasore district.

Reacting to Tudu’s remark, Odisha’s former chief secretary Sahadev Sahu, talked about: “It is defamatory to call officers appointed through the UPSC as dacoits. One needs to verify the mental condition of the man who made such a silly remark. Politicians choose members of UPSC and those members select the meritorious candidates. Therefore it is better to blame the politicians who select the members.”googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

A union minister can switch the ministries concerned to proper the mistaken doings in UPSC, Sahu talked about.

The UPSC is the nation’s premier central recruitment payment which appoints prime authorities officers.

“Instead of speaking at the right platform, he is making silly statements,” Sahu talked about.

Veteran journalist Rabi Das talked about if the officers are dishonest or dacoits, it is the obligation of the federal authorities to catch and punish them.

“As a central minister, he (Tudu) should ensure punishment for such dacoits, which he is not doing,” Das talked about.

BJP Balasore district president Umakanta Mohapatra talked about that Tudu has made such a remark holding in view the best way whereby officers, instead of elected peoples’ representatives, are working the federal authorities in Odisha.

Former chief secretary and Congress chief Bijay Patnaik talked about that there must be little doubt that among the many IAS officers had been “neck-deep in corruption. Action should be taken against them.”

The union minister was heard making the controversial assertion in a viral video.

PTI could not verify the authenticity of the video clip.

“I had an idea that those who are appointed through UPSC. They are the most knowledgeable persons and hold high positions. But now, I feel that most of those who have qualified from there perhaps are dacoits. I do not say 100 per cent, but many of them are dacoits,” Tudu asserted.

The minister, who’s an MP of Odisha, talked about the UPSC office is just behind his residence in Delhi, and initially he had extreme regard for it nonetheless that has modified now.

During his speech, Tudu moreover requested: “Why is our society engulfed in corruption and injustice if such educated people are there? It is because of lack of morality in our education system. Lack of spiritual education and thoughts among us.”

The minister had moreover stoked controversy in 2021 by accusing state authorities officers of misbehaving with him in his constituency in Mayurbhanj.