Rs 1,000 Per Plate, Rs 1.2-Lakh Bill: Bureaucrat's Lavish Party Sparks Row

Rs 1,000 Per Plate, Rs 1.2-Lakh Bill: Bureaucrat's Lavish Party Sparks Row

Lunch at Rs 1,000 per plate for IAS officers and their families, for drivers at nearly Rs 600, taxi fare and a total bill of over Rs 1.2 lakh - a Holi party thrown by the Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary has sparked a row.

Himachal chief secy in soup after Rs 1.2 lakh bill for Holi party sent to govt for clearance

Former civil servants have criticised decision to send bill for Holi party hosted by Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena to Himachal Pradesh govt’s General Administration Department.

Himachal CS Comes Under Fire Over Holi Party Bill Of Rs 1.22 lakh

Shimla: Prabodh Saxena, chief secretary of Himachal Pradesh has landed in the eye of a storm after running up a bill of Rs 1.22 lakh for a private Holi party and asking the government to foot it. He has come in for severe criticism from Opposition leaders and former IAS officers after a copy of the bill surfaced on social media on Thursday. While Himachal Pradesh is not among the poorest states in India, it has been facing severe financial diffi…

Public Money, Private Party? Holi Event by Chief Secretary Triggers Outrage

A Holi celebration organised by Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena has triggered a political and bureaucratic firestorm after a bill amounting to Rs 1.22 lakh was sent to the state’s General Administration Department (GAD) for approval. The event, held on March 14 at the state-run Hotel Holiday Home in Shimla, was attended by around 75 senior bureaucrats, their families, and 22 drivers. The controversy came to light after a copy of …

‘Nothing unusual’, says defiant Himachal Chief Secretary after asking state to pay his Holi party bill

Claims Governor, CM also host govt-funded events; BJP slams misuse of public money Shimla: Defending his decision to send a ₹1.22-lakh bill for a Holi lunch party to the General Administration Department (GAD), Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena has said there is “nothing unusual” about the government paying for such events. Speaking to the correspondent of an English newspaper, Saxena said that such gatherings were “routinely hoste…

Who will pay the bill? Chief Secretary’s Holi party rocks Himachal Pradesh politics

Shimla: The BJP said the alleged Rs 1.22 lakh bill for a Holi party hosted by Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena and sent to the state’s General Administration Department (GAD) for payment was a violation of “ethical conduct and administrative decorum”. A controversy erupted when a purported copy of the bill issued by Hotel Holiday Home of HP Tourism Development Corporation surfaced online, with the opposition BJP terming it a “wast…