NETA NATTER | WEARY GOVT TELLS MEDIA TO STAY OUT
Deccan ChronicleEntry, or no entry? The problem, according to him, was that few media persons used to leak GOs before they were released, accessed “confidential information” from the Secretariat, all resulting in helping BRS’s political rivals approach courts and stall various development programmes. IAS OFFICER’S TWEETS RUFFLE SELECTIVE FEATHERS Smita Sabharwal, senior IAS officer and secretary in the Telangana state Chief Minister’s Office, continues to create a furore in political and bureaucratic circles with her tweets. Her latest tweet asking if it was worth being a civil servant, in a dig at the Bihar government for releasing the convict of a brutal killing 15 years ago of Dalit IAS officer G. Krishnaiah in their state, received praise and criticism from various quarters, with the division being reflected in reactions from netizens too. Another of Smitha’s tweets last August on the Gujarat government releasing convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case also triggered a debate in political and bureaucratic circles.