Dog walking row: IAS transferred to northeast; ‘Why shame Arunachal?’ asks Mahua Moitra

Amid the social media furore round a pinnacle civil servant for shutting a sports stadium in the countrywide capital Delhi early evenings so he may want to stroll his canine has led to his transfer to the contrary quit of the country, the Centre has transferred IAS Sanjeev Khirwar to Ladakh and his spouse Rinku Dugga to Arunachal Pradesh.

However, Trinamool Congress Party MP Mahua Moitra has slammed the centre for solely paying lip provider to the northeast place after Dugga’s transfer to Arunachal Pradesh.

Tagging Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu, Mahua entreated them to protest in opposition to MHA’s cure of Arunachal Pradesh as a “dump for your rubbish”.

Moitra said the transfer of an ‘errant Delhi bureaucrat’ to Arunachal Pradesh is a shame for the state.

Khirwar, a senior bureaucrat in the Delhi kingdom government’s income department, used to be ordered to pass to Ladakh in the some distance north, whilst his wife was despatched to Arunachal Pradesh with immediate effect. The bureaucrat couple is a 1994 batch officer of the AGMUT cadre.

The two state capitals, Leh and Itanagar, are extra than 3,000 kilometres (nearly 2,000 miles) aside through street — a 65-hour power — according to Google Maps.

The order has come after a file claimed that athletes and coaches at Delhi’s Thyagraj Stadium — built for the 2010 Commonwealth Games — had to clear out with the aid of early nighttime so Khirwar may want to stroll his dog. A image additionally went viral in which the IAS couple have been seen strolling with their dog on athlete tracks.

Amid vast anger, the Delhi authorities additionally ordered that sports facilities remain open for athletes’ use till 10:00 pm.

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