Shakuntala Jakhu Explained

Shakuntala Jakhu was a 1978 batch IAS officer and the former Chief Secretary[1] to the Government of Haryana. She was the fourth female chief secretary of Haryana.[2] [3]

Personal life

She is married to a 1979 batch IAS officer, Ramendra Jakhu,[4] and is a close relative to former Union Minister and Lok Sabha MP Kumari Selja.[5]

Controversy

Jakhu was among three Haryana cadre bureaucrats whose names were in the scam of Associate Journals Limited (AJL), publisher of the National Herald newspaper, despite getting a clean chit from the State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) in 2016.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shakuntala Jakhu to be new Haryana chief secretary . 30 July 2014 .
  2. News: Haryana gets woman chief secretary . The Times of India . 31 July 2014 .
  3. Web site: Keshni Anand Arora is new Haryana chief secretary . July 2019 .
  4. News: EC clears extension for chief secretary . The Times of India . October 2014 .
  5. Web site: Jakhu to continue as CS till November 30 . 30 September 2014 .
  6. Web site: National herald case: IAS officers named in FIR despite clean chit from Haryana vigilance bureau . 8 April 2017 .
  7. Web site: National Herald: Subramanian Swamy Seeks Ex-Haryana CM as Witness . 23 April 2017 .

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