A day after receiving a show-cause notice from the Karnataka govt over his tweet on the Tablighi members donating plasma, IAS Mohammad Mohsin (IAS:1996:KN) said that he would reply as per rules.
According to the PTI, Mohsin said that he only shared a news item from a private news channel.
The officer was in news last year also, when he was suspended by the Election Commission for trying to inspect the PM’s chopper in Odisha.
On April 27, Mohsin had tweeted, “More than 300 Tablighi heroes are donating their plasma to serve the country in New Delhi only. What about? #Godi Media? They will not show the works of humanity done by these heroes”.
The state government took a serious view of this, and issued him a show cause notice. He was asked to give a written reply within five days for violating the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968.
The Tablighi Jamaat had organised a meet in Delhi in March, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, when many of its members tested positive for coronavirus. These infected members then travelled across the country, with many carrying the virus.
Mohsin is currently posted as secretary in the Backward Class Welfare Department.
