: Bengal: Centre initiates disciplinary action against former chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay #IndiaNEWS The Centre has initiated disciplinary proceedings against former West Bengal Chief Secretary

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Bengal: Centre initiates disciplinary action against former chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay #IndiaNEWS
The Centre has initiated disciplinary proceedings against former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay for “misconduct and misbehaviour�, reported PTI, citing officials. The retired Indian Administrative Services official has 30 days to submit a written statement in his defence.“Shri Alapan Bandyopadhyay, IAS (Retd) is informed that an inquiry will be held only in respect of the Article of Charge as is not admitted,� the letter by the Department of Personnel and Training read, according to NDTV. “He should, therefore, specifically admit or deny the Article of Charge [allegations based on the first impression].�The Union government has warned Bandyopadhyay of major penalty proceedings that allows withholding of pension or gratuity, or both, either entirely or partially, an unidentified official told PTI.The Centre also directed the former West Bengal chief secretary to submit the written statement or personally appear before the specified date. Bandyopadhyay is now a special advisor to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.The controversyThe end of Alapan Bandyopadhyay’s tenure was mired with controversy, with the Narendra Modi government summoning the senior bureaucrat to New Delhi. This was in response to allegations by the Modi government that West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had kept Prime Minister Modi waiting while attending a meeting on the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas on May 28 and...Read more

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