Retired IAS officer Arun Bhatia is set to rake up a fresh controversy by penning a book exposing the corruption and rot in the IAS lobby
Retired IAS officer Arun Bhatia is set to rake up a fresh controversy by penning a book exposing the corruption and rot in the IAS lobby
After Vinita Kamte, wife of slain additional commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte, opened a can of worms in the IPS cadre with her book The Last Bullet, it's now the turn of the politicians and the IAS lobby to be on the receiving end.
Former IAS officer Arun Bhatia, who has been shunted from one department to another over 25 times in his tenure, is now raking up a fresh controversy by penning a book to expose the corruption and the rot in the IAS.
In the line of fire are chief ministers ranging from Vasantdada Patil to Sharad Pawar, and also several top bureaucrats who Bhatia felt were responsible for victimising him by transferring him whenever he tried to raise his voice against the political system.
"In the book I am exposing the chief ministers as well as several top bureaucrats who were responsible for my transfers," said Bhatia.
Eye opener
He added that his book will be an eye opener for youngsters aspiring to join the IAS cadre.
"It's to let the youngsters know what it means to work as an honest IAS officer, and the price that one has to pay for honesty. And how the entire system gangs up against you when you try to expose the corruption," he said.
The book will also shed light on the corrupt practices that have plagued the system.
"There are a large number of bureaucrats who claim that they have had a smooth career as IAS officers. I intend to expose these so called "good officers" who were actually corrupt. I will be naming them, with the evidence, and outlining their corrupt actions," he added.
According to Bhatia the book will also expose questionable things which the former chief secretary of Maharashtra D M Sukhtankar did during his tenure besides several other IAS high ranking officers.
Price for honesty
An IAS officer with a career spanning over 30 years, Bhatia has paid the price for exposing the very system he was a part of for three decades. Regular transfers, insignificant postings and juniors being promoted ahead of him, were all part of his life.
In 1982, he had unearthed massive corruption in the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Dhulia district.u00a0
u00a0As collector of Mumbai, he unearthed what came to be known as the FSI fraud, which triggered a series of writ petitions in the Bombay High Court and culminated in orders for demolitions of illegal structures, including Arihant at Mahalaxmi, Pratibha near Warden Road and parts of Om Chambers at Kemp's Corner.
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