After the allegations mounted towards IAS officer Puja Khedkar, her father on Sunday defended his daughter and mentioned she had not performed something unlawful. Puja just lately got here underneath warmth for allegedly utilizing faux incapacity and OBC class certificates, utilizing a purple beacon mild on a personal Audi, and misuse of authority, amongst different accusations. Following which, she was transferred from Pune to Washim district in Maharashtra.
Her father and former Maharashtra authorities worker, Dilip Khedkar, was talking at an interview with a neighborhood Marathi channel when he quashed all of the allegations towards his daughter, Puja Khedkar.
Non-Creamy Layer Misuse
Dilip mentioned that she certainly belongs to the non-creamy layer. He defined that even an individual with restricted means who owns 4-5 acres of land would possibly look like price a number of crores primarily based on valuation, however the classification as creamy layer relies on earnings somewhat than property valuation.
Earlier, Dilip had contested Lok Sabha elections and declared belongings price Rs 40 crore. Nevertheless, eyebrows had been raised when his daughter Puja secured an IAS place underneath the Different Backward Class (OBC) class, which is supposed for candidates with an annual earnings of lower than eight lakh.
‘I’ll Make Her Resign’
One of many accusations towards Puja is that she eliminated the nameplate of a senior official on the Pune collector’s workplace after he permitted her to make use of his antechamber as her workplace.
“She used the cabin with the right permission from her senior. Is it wherever written {that a} younger intern girl with IAS shouldn’t be given a separate cabin? Whether it is written, then I’ll make her resign from her job,” Dilip asserted.
Misuse Of Energy
Relating to the 34-year-old officer’s alleged misuse of energy, together with the usage of a personal luxurious automobile with a VIP quantity plate and red-blue beacon throughout her tenure on the Pune collector’s workplace, Dilip acknowledged that she had obtained permission for all her actions.
“She used the posh automobile for official work as a result of no authorities car was obtainable. She did that with correct permission from her seniors within the administration,” Dilip asserted.
The police seized the Audi luxurious automobile earlier immediately.
Faux Incapacity Certificates
Relating to the allegations of misuse of incapacity certificates, Dilip acknowledged that the federal government units standards to find out an individual’s incapacity, and his daughter meets these standards.
“Many disabilities should not seen however are identified by means of medical exams. As a result of COVID-19 pandemic, she missed some medical check-ups,” he defined.
Earlier, an official had talked about that in April 2022, Puja was instructed to seem on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, for verification of her incapacity certificates. Nevertheless, she didn’t attend, citing a COVID an infection.
The Centre has appointed a single-member committee to evaluation the paperwork submitted by Puja for her civil companies examination and subsequent choice to the IAS.
Mom Manorama’s Viral Video
Dilip additionally stood by Puja’s mom, Manorama, who was captured in an previous video reportedly issuing threats with a gun throughout a land dispute. The police have filed a case towards Dilip and Manorama concerning this incident.
Puja’s father mentioned, “The media and others are displaying just one video clip. The day earlier than that incident, a neighborhood aggressively approached her with a stick. In such a state of affairs, ought to she have stayed silent?”
He additional added that his spouse possesses a license to hold the gun for self-defence.
The IAS officer from the 2023 batch is presently in her probationary interval and assigned to her residence state of Maharashtra.
(Based mostly on inputs from PTI)
