Notice to supply officer for serving cold tea to CM, later withdrawn
A Junior Supply Officer was served a notice for arranging ‘cold tea’ for Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at Khajuraho airport in Chhatarpur district on Monday, but it was withdrawn following an uproar.
A show-cause notice was issued to Junior Supply Officer Rakesh Kanhua who was responsible for arranging tea and breakfast during the CM’s transit visit at the airport on Monday, Rajnagar Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) DP Dwivedi said.
However, following outrage on social media over the notice, Chhatarpur district collector Sandeep G.R has cancelled the notice served by Dwivedi.
A new twist has come in the case as the Chhatarpur Collector has given an explanation and said that the tea was hot.
The notice served by the SDM to Kanhua read “According to the menu, you were entrusted with the responsibility of arranging the tea and breakfast but the quality of the tea provided to the chief minister was inferior and it was served cold”. It also sought an answer in 3 days.
At the same time, Congress is taking a jibe on this matter. Congress spokesperson Narendra Saluja has tweeted that “The food inspector fell on the food inspector for serving cold tea to Mama ji. Even if the public may not get ration, the victim may not get an ambulance, but the chief should not get tea cold.
On the other hand, Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesman Narendra Saluja taking a jibe on this incident, said, “the people may even not get ration or not be able to get an ambulance, but the chief minister should not get cold tea”.
As the issue got wide publicity in social media inviting criticism, the district collector issued an order, stating “the chief minister has made no comment on the protocol violation, thus the show-cause notice issued to the junior supply officer in this regard has been cancelled”.
