Assam: Prateek Hajela, the Principal Secretary and CEO of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis in Madhya Pradesh, is returning to his home cadre, Assam-Meghalaya.
The news arrives just one day after Hajela was fired from the Social Justice Department.
Hajela, an Assam cadre IAS officer from the 1995 batch, was transferred to Madhya Pradesh in 2019 after a Supreme Court order, as his life was threatened due to the NRC problem.
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Hajela, on the other hand, is coming to his home state Assam.
It is worth noting that after Hajela arrived in MP, five FIRs were filed against him in Assam over an NRC disagreement. Surprisingly, one of the FIRs involved sedition allegations.
Former NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela will return back to Assam. Hajela fired from Social Justice Dept of Madhya Pradesh just yesterday. He was sent to MP in 2019 as a result of a SC ruling because his life was in danger due to NRC controversy. Hitesh Dev Sarma filed 1st FIR. pic.twitter.com/UCwmxe1eBB
— Nandan Pratim Sharma Bordoloi (@NANDANPRATIM) March 31, 2023
With this move, Hajela’s charge of the Ayush Department has been transferred to principal secretary Faiz Ahmad Kidwai. Swatantra Singh, on the other side, has been appointed CEO of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis.
In addition, new divisional commissioners for Jabalpur and Sagar have been appointed by the government.
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Abhay Verma, commissioner of Lok Shikshan Sansthan, has been named as commissioner of Jabalpur, while Virendra Singh Rawat, commissioner of Labour, has been appointed as commissioner of Sagar.
In addition, the Jabalpur commissioner has been assigned the position of secretary in Mantralay.
A CAG investigation found large-scale irregularities in the process of updating the NRC and accuses former co-ordinator Prateek Hajela. Hajela denies the report.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has now officially sanctioned these claims. A CAG assessment, submitted in the state Legislature on December 23, found large-scale irregularities in the process of updating the NRC and stated that “the intended goal of preparing a valid, error-free NRC had not been attained.”
