MP to serve show cause notice to IAS officer for tweet on Kashmir Files

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Medical Education Minister Vishvas Sarang accused Khan of “firqa parasti (sectarianism)” and called for his removal from the PWD.

“He has no right…The way he has started issuing statements and started a Twitter war, this is against the service rules,” Sarang had said.

Following this, Mishra said: “Mere khayal se wo maryada laangh rahe hai. Laxman rekha jo adhikariyo ki hoti hai, wo uska ulanghan kar rahe hai. Sarkar is mamle mein karan batao notice jaari karegi aur unke jawab talab karegi (I feel he is crossing a line. He is violating the service conduct rules that binde officers. The government will issue a show cause notice and seek his reply).”

In another tweet on Sunday, the IAS officer congratulated the film’s producers on the movie touching the Rs 150-crore revenue mark, and said that since people had “given a lot of respect for Kashmiri Brahmins’ feelings” the filmmakers should “transfer all earnings to Brahmin children’s education” and build homes for them in Kashmir.

In response, The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri asked Khan for an appointment in Bhopal on March 25. “We can meet and exchange ideas how we can help and how you can help with the royalty of your books and your power as an IAS officer,” Agnihotri tweeted on Sunday.

Khan, who is the author of eight books, has also said he is thinking about writing a book on the “massacre of Muslims on different occasions” so that the “suffering of minorities could be brought before Indians”.