Chandigarh, Oct 16: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today defended the transfer of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka saying transferring officials was the government's prerogative.
Hooda told mediapersons here that transfer should not be construed as punishment.
"Secondly, Haryana government has not granted any favour to any body and everything has been transparent. If some officer has done something wrong, it will be probed. Also, if the officer (Khemka) has done any misrepresentation of facts,it will also be probed", said the chief minister.
Khemka says, he has been transferred 40 times in his 20-year long career as an IAS officer.
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