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| End apartheid, say non-IAS officers on social media |
November , 2015, NewsCrunch
Non-IAS officers have made a common cause against the elite service and taken their grievance to social media.
Though tension between IAS and non-IAS services is an old feature of Indian bureaucracy, it has entered public domain for the first time as a no-holds barred slug-fest.
A series of tweets by All India and central services officers under the hashtags #parity4allservices and #iasnousainbolt have targeted what they describe as an apartheid system presided over by the IAS.
Central government officers have unsuccessfully sought parity with IAS for long.
IAS officers are paid more, promoted earlier and also empanelled for Central ministries far earlier in their careers.
IAS officers are apprehensive that the 7th pay commission may concede ground to lobbying by other officers and have started a campaign to protect their privileges, reports The Indian Express.
They have been writing protest letters to the Department of Personnel and Training against any move to bring in parity.
Sanjay Bhoosreddy, the head of the central IAS Association, was quoted comparing IAS to surgeons and other officers to physiotherapists hinting that they scored different marks in the UPSC exams.
But non-IAS officers counter that winning a gold medal once does not entitle anyone to an automatic gold medal in every competition in their life.
Twitter battle between IAS and non-IAS officers
— Deepak Ratan (@deepakips) October 31, 2015Our IAS friends define whats merit, declare themselves meritorious and sanction life long rewards for being so meritorious #IASnoUsainBolt— Sukesh (@sukeships8) November 2, 2015@causticvein@gaurav9881@Bheemas007@SidhuIps2012 finally crckd the edge theory.PLATOS philosopher king theory in disguise #iasnousainbolt— hemant pandey (@hemantp83) November 2, 2015Physiotherapist vs Surgeon?Really? No wonder India has suffered so long from such dexterous hands #parity4allservices#iasnousainbolt.— Ravi K Gupta (@ravikant1211) November 2, 2015#parity4allservices#iasnousainbolt YesThisIsStats.NowhrUpscFormPlacesServices1abovOther. https://t.co/7WtqubjpG9— Saurabh kant shukla (@Saurabh_K_Shukl) November 2, 2015Twitter poll results ! #parity4allservices#IASnoUsainbolt@PMOIndia@indiapolice2015pic.twitter.com/sfYYnkUxoh— Brijesh Singh (@Brijeshbsingh) November 2, 2015Even Usain Bolt wud b thinking to b IAS to retain his 'edge' over others widout need to run every race #IASnoUssainBolt#iasnousainbolt— G.Sidhu (@SidhuIps2012) November 2, 2015I want more pay, better postings, empanelment edge, all control, no sharing. I am a premium servant. #iasnousainbolt#parity4allservices— Vaibhav Tiwari (@Vaibhav0210) November 1, 2015— Deepak Ratan (@deepakips) November 1, 2015Frst don't give same exposure to other services at centre and then hold it against them not fair #iasnousainbolt— Dr Alok Pande (@alokpiimb09) October 31, 2015#IASnoUsainBolt MPs must reelect every 5 years. For IAS don't even question their performance https://t.co/WsxP0MZDeP@narendramodi@tkarun— IPS Association (@indiapolice2015) November 1, 2015#iasnousainbolt Poor Usain Bolt competes at every event. Doesn't demand gold in every event just because he won the Olympic Gold once.— Satya Prasanth P (@SatyaPrasantP) October 31, 2015thank god there's twitter to unite when letters are being written to divide... craZy getting craZier #iasnousainbolt#parity4allservices— Shail (@shalini2k15) October 31, 2015