Khatik has expressed his want to resign within the letter citing unfair therapy by officers at his Jal Shakti division as he was a dalit. He has additionally talked about that he has not been allotted any work by his cupboard minister. BJP state chief Swatantra Deo Singh is the cupboard minister of Jal Shakti division.
Khatik, who was in information final month additionally for accusing the native administration of Hastinapur, from the place he’s an MLA, for not listening to his complaints, has despatched his letter to Shah, although ministers ship their resignation to the governor, the CM, or the state get together chief.
None of those workplaces had acquired Khatik’s resignation until the submitting of this report. He was in Delhi on Wednesday and reportedly met BJP chief JP Nadda. Sources although confirmed that he had additionally sought an appointment with the CM for Wednesday night.
When some reporters approached him in Meerut earlier within the day, he got here up with a one-liner — “Koi vishay nahin hai (there isn’t any subject). Thereafter, he remained elusive all through the day to both verify or deny writing a letter to Shah.
Final month, Khatik was concerned in a dispute with the native police of Hastinapur over the submitting of an FIR. He was then pacified by deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya.
That is additionally not the primary time {that a} minister has raised questions over the functioning of the forms. Earlier than Khatik, deputy CM and well being minister Brajesh Pathak, too, had written a letter to extra chief secretary, well being, Amit Mohan Prasad about a number of anomalies within the transfers within the division. The letter written by Pathak had additionally gone viral.
Equally, all was not properly between secondary schooling minister Gulabo Devi and extra chief secretary, Aradhna Shukla. The CM had lately known as ministers and officers from each the secondary schooling and well being departments a few week again on two separate days to resolve the difficulty. It was after CM’s intervention {that a} three-member committee was shaped to look into the complaints of well being division transfers.
An identical panel shaped to look into the complaints about PWD transfers really useful motion in opposition to six senior officers. The CM ordered suspension of all six of them, together with an OSD who had been related to cupboard minister Jitin Prasad for a very long time, and the PWD chief. The motion led to speculations that Jitin, too, was sad with interference from prime stage and had sought time from Shah on Wednesday. Nonetheless, he denied any assembly with Shah and stated there was no query of his ‘unhappiness’.
Khatik’s declare that he was being maltreated by officers for being a Dalit, gave ammunition to the opposition leaders to focus on the federal government. SP Chief Akhilesh yadav tweeted: “Jahan mantri hone ka samman toh nahin parantu Dalit hone ka apmaan mile…aisi bhedbhaavpoorna sarkar se tyagpatra dena hello yathochit upaay hai (Resigning from a biased authorities the place being a minister isn’t any honour however being a Dalit is an abuse, is justified.” BSP chief Mayawati additionally tweeted that Unwell-treatment meted out to Dalit minister is condemnable and unlucky.
Khatik’s declare that he had not been allotted any work within the Jal Shakti division, has put Swatantra Deo Singh within the dock. After Khaitk’s letter went viral, Singh stated that he talks to his junior minister on a regular basis and he’s not sad. “If in any respect there are some points, that will be sorted out after a gathering with him,” Singh added. “Opposition doesn’t have any subject and is making a mountain out of the molehill,” he concluded.