Raichur: PDO suspended for participating in RSS Path Sanchalan
Action taken following Vartha Bharati report
Raichur: Following a Vartha Bharati report, the Panchayat Raj Department has suspended Praveen Kumar, Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) of Sirwar taluk and close aide of Lingasugur MLA Manappa Vajjal, for taking part in a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Path Sanchalan in Lingasugur.
According to the order issued by Dr. Arundhati Chandrashekhar, Commissioner of the Panchayat Raj Department and Disciplinary Authority, the officer has been placed under suspension pending inquiry.
Praveen Kumar was seen wearing the RSS uniform and carrying a stick while participating in the Path Sanchalan organised as part of the RSS centenary celebrations.
The Vartha Bharati report on October 14 highlighted his participation, following which the department took note of the violation. Citing Rule 3 of the Karnataka Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 2021, the order stated that every government employee must maintain integrity, devotion to duty, and political neutrality. Since the officer’s actions were deemed to have violated these principles, disciplinary proceedings have been initiated, and he has been suspended from service pending inquiry.
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Sunetra Pawar elected as NCP's legislature party leader
Mumbai (PTI): Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar was unanimously elected as the leader of the NCP legislature party in Maharashtra on Saturday, three days after the death of her husband and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
She is set to take oath as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of the state later in the day.
Sunetra Pawar's name as the NCP's legislature party leader was proposed by senior leader Dilip Walse Patil and seconded by Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal.
She was elected during a meeting of the party's legislature wing, held at the office of late Ajit Pawar on the ground floor of the Vidhan Bhavan complex in south Mumbai.
Ajit Pawar, who was deputy chief minister and finance minister in the Devendra Fadnavis-led Mahayuti government, was killed in a plane crash in Baramati along with four others on January 28.
Sunetra Pawar paid floral tributes to a portrait of her late husband in the meeting hall. Their younger son Jay was also present.
Many ministers and legislators were teary-eyed when they entered the Vidhan Bhavan complex.
The Lok Bhavan has confirmed that the swearing-in ceremony of Sunetra Pawar as the state deputy CM will be held at 5 pm in Mumbai.
Until the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Sunetra Pawar had kept a low profile. In the Lok Sabha elections that year, she contested from Baramati as the candidate of her husband's party, but was defeated by her sister-in-law and incumbent NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule in the prestige battle.
Sunetra Pawar was subsequently elected to the Rajya Sabha.
