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grievance amitabh thakur
Brothers in arms
A
recent incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district has once again put
the limelight back on the ‘rivalry’ between two premier services in
India, the IAS and the IPS
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recent
event in Basti, a far-off district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, made big
splashes all over the country, more so in bureaucratic circles. It was
the alleged outburst and abusive language used by Anurag Srivastava, the
then Commissioner of Basti, against Mohit Gupta, then posted as
Superintendent of Police, Siddharthnagar. Later, many versions of the
story appeared in the media, making it appear as a spat between our two
premier services—the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian
Police Service (IPS).
The
IAS and IPS, as we all know, are the two most powerful pillars of the
Indian administrative structure. People are heard using the words IAS
lobby and IPS lobby, ascribing meanings to how officials of these two
services function. It is also a common perception that the associations
of IAS and IPS officers are powerful enough to make....Readmore
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