IAS Officer Who Praised Nehru on Facebook Gets Transferred

A government official, Ajay Gangwar’s Facebook post was in “violation” of the service rules.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (L) and IAS Officer Ajay Gangwar. (Photo: Altered by The Quint)

IAS officer Ajay Singh Gangwar, who had praised the country’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in a post on Facebook, was transferred by the Madhya Pradesh government on 26 May.

“The state government has transferred Barwani Collector Gangwar as Deputy Secretary in the Mantralaya in Bhopal,” a state public relations department official said.

According to the government official, the Facebook post had not gone down well with the top officials as it was in “violation” of the service rules, following which an initial probe was conducted and Gangwar was transferred.