BJP MP served notice for duties he no longer holds

Jodhpu :
I
a
emba assi g
mix-up,
Jodhpu
zila
pa ishad’s
chief
executive
office ,
i
his
capacity
as
dist ict
electio
office ,
Thu sday
issued
a
otice
to
Membe
of
Pa liame t
Ma a
Lal
Rawat
fo
eglige ce
i
electio
duties,
mistake ly
believi g
the
latte
still
held
a
positio
as
joi t
commissio e
with
the
state
t a spo t
depa tme t.The
otice,
which
wa ed
Rawat
of
pote tial
discipli a y
actio
due
to
a
failu e
to
update
the
list
of
his
subo di ate
employees
o
the
state
govt’s
EMS
(employee
ma ageme t
system)
po tal
i
p epa atio
fo
the
upcomi g
mu icipal
electio s,
was
swiftly
et acted
followi g
public
idicule
o
social
media
F iday.Rawat,
who
esig ed
f om
his
state
govt
post
p io
to
the
2024
ge e al
electio s,
is
cu e tly
se vi g
as
a
Lok
Sabha
membe
ep ese ti g
Udaipu
o
a
BJP
ticket.
The
goof-up
occu ed
as
a
govt
po tal
was
ot
updated.
Co fi mi g
this,
Rawat
said
that
dist ict
electio
office
(CEO,
zila
pa ishad)
Ashish
Kuma
Mish a
called
him,
admitted
the
mistake
a d
withd ew
the
otice.Rawat
was
ea lie
posted
as
the
t a spo t
depa tme t’s
joi t
commissio e
i
Jodhpu .
He
took
volu ta y
eti eme t
i
2024
to
co test
the
pa liame ta y
electio s
that
yea .
Despite
his
eti eme t
a d
subseque t
electio
as
a
public
ep ese tative,
Rawat’s
ame
co ti ued
to
figu e
i
the
list
of
govt
employees
mai tai ed
by
the
Jodhpu
dist ict
electio
autho ities.

The
e o
came
to
light
afte
the
otice
was
issued
to
him,
aisi g
questio s
ove
the
way
employee
data
is
mai tai ed
a d
updated
by
the
state
electio
machi e y.
“It
is
su p isi g
a d
wo isome,”
said
Rawat,
addi g
that
despite
the
govt
machi e y
ope ati g
i
a
digital
e vi o me t,
electio – elated
data
was
still
ca yi g
i fo matio
that
was
ea ly
th ee
yea s
old.
Rawat
questio ed
how
govt
depa tme ts
we e
mai tai i g
the
data
of
o di a y
citize s
a d
se vi g
employees
if
the
eco ds
of
a
eti ed
se io
govt
office
had
ot
bee
emoved
f om
the
list
eve
afte
a
co side able
lapse
of
time.