Govt sets up probe against Secretariat Association chief, employee association warns of protest

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government has set up a

probe

against Deepak Joshi, who is the president of Sachivalaya Sangh and also heads the Uttarakhand General OBC Employees Association. Joshi has been accused of opposing government policies before the media.

An order in this regard was issued by additional

chief

secretary Radha Raturi on September 1. Joshi is a section officer and the probe against him will be headed by IPS officer and additional secretary (home) Krishna Kumar VK.

Consequently, the employees association has threatened to hold protests outside the office of additional secretary (personnel) if the allegation was not withdrawn by September 10.

The Uttarakhand General OBC employees have held a number of protests in the state over issues like reservation in government jobs and reservation roster for government jobs before the pandemic.