Gujarat Elections: IAS officer Abhishek Singh shared another post saying his post was neither publicity nor a stunt, hours after being relieved of his electoral duties in Gujarat for posting about his new job on social media.
On Friday, the Election Commission (EC) claimed that Abhishek Singh, an officer from the 2011 batch, had utilised his official position as a “publicity stunt” by using Instagram to share his posting as a general observer.
Official defends his post
However, the officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre made it clear that he accepts the Election Commission “with utmost humility.” Singh stated in a tweet, “Though I believe there’s nothing wrong in this post. A public servant, in a car bought by public’s money, reporting for public duty, with public officials, communicating it to the public. It is neither publicity nor a stunt.”
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About his previous Instagram post
The IAS officer announced his new position on Thursday by captioning an Instagram image, “Joined Ahmedabad as Observer for Gujarat Elections.”
Abhishek Singh was given the responsibility of serving as the general observer for the Bapunagar and Asarwa assembly districts in Ahmedabad. The additional responsibility for the two seats has been allocated to another IAS official.
Additionally, Singh has been prohibited from performing any election-related tasks up until until notice. The officer was also instructed to report to his nodal officer in the parent cadre right away after leaving the constituency for which he had been given responsibility. The letter demanded that all government facilities given to him to help him perform his observer duties be taken away.
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Gujarat will hold two rounds of elections on December 1 and 5. On December 8, the results will be made public.
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