Bureaucrats Magazine – A video of a Delhi District Magistrate is going viral on social media. After which he got embroiled in controversies. The department has sought answers from IAS Lakshya Singhal on the viral video. He has also been warned.
Bureaucrats Magazine – A video of a District Magistrate of South West Delhi is going viral on social media. In the video, a young Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer is making his Guruji sit on the official chair. They honor them by wearing a shawl and then stand with folded hands and talk. DM Lakshya Singhal is embroiled in controversies after the video surfaced. Soon after the video went viral, the Revenue Department took cognizance of the matter and sought a reply from Singhal.
Bureaucrats Magazine – South-West Delhi District Magistrate and 2019 batch IAS officer Lakshya Singhal has admitted his ‘mistake’, saying he was only paying respect to his guru, and it was not related to his official responsibility, a senior Revenue Department official said. Nothing to do with it. According to sources, the officer has been warned that such things should not happen in future.
Bureaucrats Magazine – The Revenue Department official said that when Singhal was asked why he did this in public office, he replied, ‘He has been my guru from the beginning. I had invited him to honour. It was he who advised me during my college days to prepare for the Civil Services Examination of UPSC (Union Public Service Commission). My father considered him as his father because my grandfather died when my father was only 23 years old.
Bureaucrats Magazine – According to the officer, Singhal said ‘he (Guruji) stayed only for 30 minutes and left. Although I am sorry sir. I didn’t know this would happen. This was done only as a mark of respect and did not interfere with his official work. He also said that he will keep this in mind in future. On the other hand, social media users are asking different types of questions to the DM and also taunting him.
