"So much work planned. News of another transfer. Crash landing again. Vested interests win. Deja vu. But this is temporary. Will continue with renewed vigour and energy," Ashok Khemka tweeted soon after news of his 51st transfer landed.
Controversial Haryana bureaucrat Ashok Khema was transferred today by the ML Khattar government in Haryana. This was Khemka's 51th transfer in his career, promting the Indian Adminsitrative Services to post an emotional tweet.
"So much work planned. News of another transfer. Crash landing again. Vested interests win. Deja vu. But this is temporary. Will continue with renewed vigour and energy," Khemka, who is associated with the DLF-Robert Vadra controversy, tweeted soon after news of his transfer landed.
In his new posting, Ashok Khemka will serve under Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij. The bureaucrat has been transferred as the principal secretary in the youth affairs and sports department.
Khemka is the same bureaucrat who cancelled a land deal between Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and realty developer DLF in 2012. Khemka, who was then in the Haryana revenue department, was also credited for unearthing alleged wrongdoing in the deals between Vadra and DLF, allegations that dog Vadara to this day.
Over a career spanning over two decades, Khemka has been transferred 51 times, counting his new posting today.