Rajagopal Devara

Senior IAS officer Rajagopal Devara, who wrote a newspaper article that severely criticised the BJP-led Maharashtra government over handling of the farmers' issue, has been asked to explain his 'act of violation of service rules'. Apparently, the bureaucrat did not seek mandatory permission from the chief secretary before writing a scathing piece for a Marathi daily, even as farmers protested on the streets after a loan waiver was announced late last month.