UP-cadre IAS officer B. Chandrakala has often been in focus for cracking down on corrupt and negligent govt officials, but has now been booked by CBI herself.
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In stead of making speculative surmises, why doesn’t the author of this article visit the districts where this lady served as District Magistrate and find out from her subordinates how honest she was. My information is that she is an unimaginably corrupt officer.
Ms.B.Chandrakala is a victim of witch hunting and infact being made a scapegoat to target Mr. Akhilesh Yadav, the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh at the hands of ruling party at the centre !
The timing of this CBI action very evidently bears testimony to this fact ! The coinciding of the finalisation of SP-BSP alliance in the
Uttar Pradesh for 2019 Lok Sabha Polls and CBI action obviously offers ample room and scope for this doubt ! The question is why this action at this point of time ? Without going into the merits and demerits pertaining to the integrity of the bureaucrat in question why the CBI and other authorities concerned slept over the matter? The alleged malfunctioning and malpractices of the bureaucrat would not have sprung up overnight !
Objectively speaking, the way in which our system works especially under the NaMo regime these days, fair can turn foul and foul can turn fair instantly !
Is it not indeed mindboggling a question that CBI can nowadays implicate honest as well as corrupt people alike may be in any walk of life ? It is so because in NaMo regime when the credibility and integrity of Number One, Number Two and Number Three…….. is under cloud and scanner then any thing can be deemed fair and anything can be termed foul in the twinkling of an eye ! There is nothing hard and fast, honest and dishonest- it is only the perception !
The fact cannot be denied that pliable CBI will constantly have to be on its toes responding to His Master’s Voice promptly when called upon to do so !
Till Lok Sabha Polls more CBI melodramas cannot be ruled out !
Modi can go to any extent to harass any body to oppose his corruption and evil rule. He uses cbi it Ed to snub political opposition and honest officials god save India
Retd. IAS officers had spoken in favour of Mr Gupta, an ex-secretary when he was arrested recently in connection with the coal scam. They said he was known to be an upright officer. Similarly, the present serving IAS officers — if they too believe that Ms Chandrakala is an honest officer and possibly being implicated wrongly — must raise their voice against this injustice. They should not allow pawn agencies like CBI to “slaughter” their honest colleagues at the calling of some politicians.
It is sad that under the present BJP rule things have come to such a pass — that very senior officers are being forced to protest!
Let investigation take place,your article says she is from humble background. How she accumulated property worth more than 160 crore. We have seen drama of honesty by Arvin Kejriwal . His real intent came out soon. It is sad that article is biased.
Please be impartial in future.
Every such case get comments on predictable lines
1-opposition says that the officer is being punished for honesty because he is not serving the interests of the ruling party.
2-the ruling party says that it will not tolerate dishonest officers .
Unfortunately this blame game continues in news papers and tv and noone is ready to wait for the court judgement.
I often wonder why everyone is in so much hurry to issue certificates of honesty(or dishonesty) to concerned person .let the court decide the outcome
They say that she even hired a professional agency to build up her image in social media. It appears all that we saw was merely a creative of that agency.
I personally would still go with the action of the investigation agency.
I totally agree with Satish. She is tough in videos and very cooperative to contractors in documents clearly shows she is corrupt. A true honest officer will be very polite in speech but tough on documents. And very corrupt officers are just reverse.
Yet another example of the inside war between the I.A.S. officers on one side and the I.P.S. officers and the politicians on the other side to muzzle down the I.A.S.cadre as the No.2 (or 3) in governance of this country.
I know her since she was posted as DM Mathura and then DM Bijnor. She just crave for media limelight otherwise she’s the most corrupt officer I have seen. Administration suffered a lot under her tenure and I am pretty sure this time it’s 100% correct allegations against her.
She is a typical babu who used to sense opportunity to make good bucks in civil contracts. Had see been really honest how she could amass so much of property in just 12 years. There are civil servants who find it diffucult to buy even a flat and this honest (media hyped) civil servant owns multiple proprties ???? really interesting. CBI is finally doing something good after coming out of its cage..
No doubt,she has performed her duties with full devotion and honesty and her style of functioning for the welfare of common people may not have Been liked by some politicians of ruling party and thus she has been made a victim of a well planned conspiracy and she will definitely be found innocent on a fair and impartial Inquiry in the matter
The print is only speaks against bjp govt. Why anyone will believe your article? What evidence you have to prove her innocence?
Being favourable to SP itself is a proof of being dishonest.
Also when The print is writing for you, it is must that the story is only against BJP.
To go to a site and start speaking abusively to the man on the spot for instant discovery of irregularity is hardly a professional vway for a district officer more so if he/she allows it to go viral in present days of social media. This is nothing but playing to gallery to comouflage one’s own deeds of corruption. This has got proved in number of cases of IAS IPS officers that those who go for anti encroachment or anti goonda drives and use media to gain popularity for that use it for hedging some other deeds of benefitting himself.
A sound bureaucrat is supposed to work anonymously as many great and upright officers have done in past and their names are legendry within beaurocratic circles. They are supposed to bring about systemic improvements to ensure that irregularities are pretty. Thus for ensuring civil works quality one needs to checj how the established procedure of inspection and quality control is working, and carry out review monitoring and super inspections . What would be of interest to see in this case is whether Chandralekha followed up her bullying with setting up inquiry and disciplinary action in the matter or just let it go after it became viral. The latter could mean that she did such things to make the departmental seniors fall in line with her.
Very sensible comment devoid of hysteria which often grips supporters or the dissenters of govt. actions
I agree with this…
Quite often, it is difficult for officers to resist the temptation to get quick popularity by resorting to public rants against corruption…
Actual work for rooting out corruption in public works requires much more work and doing it behind the scenes not only requires persistent hardwork which many times may not be appreciated or taken note by own bosses, but will not give them the popularity and clean image in a short time…
Absolutely correct .Her ways of functioning clearly points towards her doubtful intents. Can not agree more
जो अफसर एक्स्ट्रा स्ट्रिक्ट और होशियार बनते है वो कुछ ज्यादा ही करप्ट निकलते हैं । ईमानदार बनने का ढोंग करते है।
What if the CBI case is a foisted one by powers that be to subdue her enthusiasm. It is not possible for a person whose credentials are for zero tolerance for corruption and tardiness to suddenly change her nature to become “extremely” corrupt. If her older stories are true, then the needle of suspicion is on UP Government and or the other corrupt officialdom to get her trapped. Honest officers are truly the rarest of the rare commodity in this country.
Why would a “honest” IAS officer engage a PR company for her social media publicity?
This article is a Perfect example of, how to mend facts and portray an accused as a Victim.
Totally insult of democracy.. A very loyal and honest officer lady has to face this type of humiliating booking by CBI…. This is an conspiracy of politicians who whose her working style
I doubt that she is on wrong side.. one can’t ignore the possibility of political involvement in encircling her. I give her benefits of doubt and wish she come out waving flags. I wish her good luck.
It is very surprising that the press start praising an officer without any creditable evidence .Her image was not good but press were praising her style of working.It is the normal thing that a dishonest officer start checking the quality of civil work like this to make pressure on construction agency to get money from that agency .If she was honest then after that visit what type of action she has taken against that contractor will give the clear picture of her honesty.
Don’t u think something is fishy? If a person is hated by ruling party and also is unbreakable, then it’s easy to make a fake case and book her. The MP amd MLA of our country are charged for so heinous crimes that it is not comparable with her’s(if I assume it’s true)
In stead of making speculative surmises, why doesn’t the author of this article visit the districts where this lady served as District Magistrate and find out from her subordinates how honest she was. My information is that she is an unimaginably corrupt officer.
Prof PK Sharma, Freelance Journalist, Barnala(Punjab)
Ms.B.Chandrakala is a victim of witch hunting and infact being made a scapegoat to target Mr. Akhilesh Yadav, the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh at the hands of ruling party at the centre !
The timing of this CBI action very evidently bears testimony to this fact ! The coinciding of the finalisation of SP-BSP alliance in the
Uttar Pradesh for 2019 Lok Sabha Polls and CBI action obviously offers ample room and scope for this doubt ! The question is why this action at this point of time ? Without going into the merits and demerits pertaining to the integrity of the bureaucrat in question why the CBI and other authorities concerned slept over the matter? The alleged malfunctioning and malpractices of the bureaucrat would not have sprung up overnight !
Objectively speaking, the way in which our system works especially under the NaMo regime these days, fair can turn foul and foul can turn fair instantly !
Is it not indeed mindboggling a question that CBI can nowadays implicate honest as well as corrupt people alike may be in any walk of life ? It is so because in NaMo regime when the credibility and integrity of Number One, Number Two and Number Three…….. is under cloud and scanner then any thing can be deemed fair and anything can be termed foul in the twinkling of an eye ! There is nothing hard and fast, honest and dishonest- it is only the perception !
The fact cannot be denied that pliable CBI will constantly have to be on its toes responding to His Master’s Voice promptly when called upon to do so !
Till Lok Sabha Polls more CBI melodramas cannot be ruled out !
Prof PK Sharma, Freelance Journalist
Pom Anm Nest,Barnala(Punjab)
Modi can go to any extent to harass any body to oppose his corruption and evil rule. He uses cbi it Ed to snub political opposition and honest officials god save India
I support chandrakala.
Somebody is taking revenge against her
Retd. IAS officers had spoken in favour of Mr Gupta, an ex-secretary when he was arrested recently in connection with the coal scam. They said he was known to be an upright officer. Similarly, the present serving IAS officers — if they too believe that Ms Chandrakala is an honest officer and possibly being implicated wrongly — must raise their voice against this injustice. They should not allow pawn agencies like CBI to “slaughter” their honest colleagues at the calling of some politicians.
It is sad that under the present BJP rule things have come to such a pass — that very senior officers are being forced to protest!
ईमानदार वही है जिसे बेईमानी का मौका नहीं मिलता।
और जो जितना बड़ा घूसखोर है हमारा समाज उसे उतना सक्षम मानता है
Let investigation take place,your article says she is from humble background. How she accumulated property worth more than 160 crore. We have seen drama of honesty by Arvin Kejriwal . His real intent came out soon. It is sad that article is biased.
Please be impartial in future.
Every such case get comments on predictable lines
1-opposition says that the officer is being punished for honesty because he is not serving the interests of the ruling party.
2-the ruling party says that it will not tolerate dishonest officers .
Unfortunately this blame game continues in news papers and tv and noone is ready to wait for the court judgement.
I often wonder why everyone is in so much hurry to issue certificates of honesty(or dishonesty) to concerned person .let the court decide the outcome
They say that she even hired a professional agency to build up her image in social media. It appears all that we saw was merely a creative of that agency.
I personally would still go with the action of the investigation agency.
I totally agree with Satish. She is tough in videos and very cooperative to contractors in documents clearly shows she is corrupt. A true honest officer will be very polite in speech but tough on documents. And very corrupt officers are just reverse.
There is difference between the public stunt and honestly…
The CBI booked her for a reason..
We don’t need this type of feminism..
Yet another example of the inside war between the I.A.S. officers on one side and the I.P.S. officers and the politicians on the other side to muzzle down the I.A.S.cadre as the No.2 (or 3) in governance of this country.
She has hired a image building agency. Can she pay from her salary,just think information.
I know her since she was posted as DM Mathura and then DM Bijnor. She just crave for media limelight otherwise she’s the most corrupt officer I have seen. Administration suffered a lot under her tenure and I am pretty sure this time it’s 100% correct allegations against her.
She is a typical babu who used to sense opportunity to make good bucks in civil contracts. Had see been really honest how she could amass so much of property in just 12 years. There are civil servants who find it diffucult to buy even a flat and this honest (media hyped) civil servant owns multiple proprties ???? really interesting. CBI is finally doing something good after coming out of its cage..
No doubt,she has performed her duties with full devotion and honesty and her style of functioning for the welfare of common people may not have Been liked by some politicians of ruling party and thus she has been made a victim of a well planned conspiracy and she will definitely be found innocent on a fair and impartial Inquiry in the matter
The print is only speaks against bjp govt. Why anyone will believe your article? What evidence you have to prove her innocence?
Being favourable to SP itself is a proof of being dishonest.
Also when The print is writing for you, it is must that the story is only against BJP.
To go to a site and start speaking abusively to the man on the spot for instant discovery of irregularity is hardly a professional vway for a district officer more so if he/she allows it to go viral in present days of social media. This is nothing but playing to gallery to comouflage one’s own deeds of corruption. This has got proved in number of cases of IAS IPS officers that those who go for anti encroachment or anti goonda drives and use media to gain popularity for that use it for hedging some other deeds of benefitting himself.
A sound bureaucrat is supposed to work anonymously as many great and upright officers have done in past and their names are legendry within beaurocratic circles. They are supposed to bring about systemic improvements to ensure that irregularities are pretty. Thus for ensuring civil works quality one needs to checj how the established procedure of inspection and quality control is working, and carry out review monitoring and super inspections . What would be of interest to see in this case is whether Chandralekha followed up her bullying with setting up inquiry and disciplinary action in the matter or just let it go after it became viral. The latter could mean that she did such things to make the departmental seniors fall in line with her.
Very sensible comment devoid of hysteria which often grips supporters or the dissenters of govt. actions
I agree with this…
Quite often, it is difficult for officers to resist the temptation to get quick popularity by resorting to public rants against corruption…
Actual work for rooting out corruption in public works requires much more work and doing it behind the scenes not only requires persistent hardwork which many times may not be appreciated or taken note by own bosses, but will not give them the popularity and clean image in a short time…
Absolutely correct .Her ways of functioning clearly points towards her doubtful intents. Can not agree more
जो अफसर एक्स्ट्रा स्ट्रिक्ट और होशियार बनते है वो कुछ ज्यादा ही करप्ट निकलते हैं । ईमानदार बनने का ढोंग करते है।
What if the CBI case is a foisted one by powers that be to subdue her enthusiasm. It is not possible for a person whose credentials are for zero tolerance for corruption and tardiness to suddenly change her nature to become “extremely” corrupt. If her older stories are true, then the needle of suspicion is on UP Government and or the other corrupt officialdom to get her trapped. Honest officers are truly the rarest of the rare commodity in this country.
Why would a “honest” IAS officer engage a PR company for her social media publicity?
This article is a Perfect example of, how to mend facts and portray an accused as a Victim.
From nowhere she can be said to be honest . It is a biased article.
Totally insult of democracy.. A very loyal and honest officer lady has to face this type of humiliating booking by CBI…. This is an conspiracy of politicians who whose her working style
I doubt that she is on wrong side.. one can’t ignore the possibility of political involvement in encircling her. I give her benefits of doubt and wish she come out waving flags. I wish her good luck.
It is very surprising that the press start praising an officer without any creditable evidence .Her image was not good but press were praising her style of working.It is the normal thing that a dishonest officer start checking the quality of civil work like this to make pressure on construction agency to get money from that agency .If she was honest then after that visit what type of action she has taken against that contractor will give the clear picture of her honesty.
Don’t u think something is fishy? If a person is hated by ruling party and also is unbreakable, then it’s easy to make a fake case and book her. The MP amd MLA of our country are charged for so heinous crimes that it is not comparable with her’s(if I assume it’s true)
Agree. 100%
…पर जो भी हो, हमारे देश में केवल आईएएस और राजनीतिज्ञ ही ईमानदार होते हैं…