<p>Senior Haryana bureaucrat Ashok Khemka appears arguably unsparing in his comments against the BJP-led M L Khattar government in the state. </p>.<p>He has questioned the ‘relevance and efficacy’ of an Anti-Corruption Day event where Chief Minister Khattar was the chief guest— Khemka, too, was present there— and spoke for long on anti-corruption issues from the dais on December 9.</p>.<p>On Wednesday morning, Khemka took to Twitter questioning if such events (Anti-Corruption Day) are instrumental in curbing corruption.</p>.<p>Perhaps hinting at the downside of the event, the whistle-blower bureaucrat said that “it only needs to be known how much money was spent on the event”.</p>.<p>During the event, while Khattar talked about the annual confidential report (ACR) of officials although he didn’t name any one. </p>.<p>This, perhaps, was a subtle reference hinting to the controversy when the chief minister downgraded Khemka’s ACR only to invite a reaction from the bureaucrat who took the matter to court and finally got a respite. </p>.<p>Last week, Khemka, a 1991-batch IAS officer and a topper in computer sciences from IIT-Kharagpur, was transferred for the 53rd time in the past 27 years— on an average, he has been transferred almost every six months.</p>.<p>After the government action posting him to an arguably insignificant department of archives, archaeology and museums, he slammed the move saying, “reward for honesty is humiliation”.</p>
<p>Senior Haryana bureaucrat Ashok Khemka appears arguably unsparing in his comments against the BJP-led M L Khattar government in the state. </p>.<p>He has questioned the ‘relevance and efficacy’ of an Anti-Corruption Day event where Chief Minister Khattar was the chief guest— Khemka, too, was present there— and spoke for long on anti-corruption issues from the dais on December 9.</p>.<p>On Wednesday morning, Khemka took to Twitter questioning if such events (Anti-Corruption Day) are instrumental in curbing corruption.</p>.<p>Perhaps hinting at the downside of the event, the whistle-blower bureaucrat said that “it only needs to be known how much money was spent on the event”.</p>.<p>During the event, while Khattar talked about the annual confidential report (ACR) of officials although he didn’t name any one. </p>.<p>This, perhaps, was a subtle reference hinting to the controversy when the chief minister downgraded Khemka’s ACR only to invite a reaction from the bureaucrat who took the matter to court and finally got a respite. </p>.<p>Last week, Khemka, a 1991-batch IAS officer and a topper in computer sciences from IIT-Kharagpur, was transferred for the 53rd time in the past 27 years— on an average, he has been transferred almost every six months.</p>.<p>After the government action posting him to an arguably insignificant department of archives, archaeology and museums, he slammed the move saying, “reward for honesty is humiliation”.</p>