<p>The state government has issued a show-cause notice to senior IAS officer Mohammad Mohsin, asking him to explain a tweet on Tablighi Jamaat workers. </p>.<p>Mohsin, who is currently posted as the backward classes welfare secretary, has since deleted the tweet. </p>.<p>The Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (DPAR) took exception to Mohsin’s April 27 tweet, which has been quoted in the notice thus: “More than 300 Tablighi Heroes are donating their plasma to serve the country in New Delhi only. What about #GodiMedia? They will not show the works of humanity done by these heroes.” </p>.<p>The notice goes on to say: “The adverse coverage this tweet has got in the media has been taken note seriously by the government given the serious nature of Covid-19 issue and the sensitivities involved.” </p>.<p>Mohsin has been asked to submit a written explanation, failing which the government said it will take disciplinary action. </p>.<p>Confirming the receipt of the notice, Mohsin said: “I will respond to it as per law and rules.” </p>.<p>Mohsin was in the news during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after the Election Commission briefly suspended him for inspecting Prime Minister Narnedra Modi’s helicopter in Odisha during a campaign.</p>
<p>The state government has issued a show-cause notice to senior IAS officer Mohammad Mohsin, asking him to explain a tweet on Tablighi Jamaat workers. </p>.<p>Mohsin, who is currently posted as the backward classes welfare secretary, has since deleted the tweet. </p>.<p>The Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (DPAR) took exception to Mohsin’s April 27 tweet, which has been quoted in the notice thus: “More than 300 Tablighi Heroes are donating their plasma to serve the country in New Delhi only. What about #GodiMedia? They will not show the works of humanity done by these heroes.” </p>.<p>The notice goes on to say: “The adverse coverage this tweet has got in the media has been taken note seriously by the government given the serious nature of Covid-19 issue and the sensitivities involved.” </p>.<p>Mohsin has been asked to submit a written explanation, failing which the government said it will take disciplinary action. </p>.<p>Confirming the receipt of the notice, Mohsin said: “I will respond to it as per law and rules.” </p>.<p>Mohsin was in the news during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after the Election Commission briefly suspended him for inspecting Prime Minister Narnedra Modi’s helicopter in Odisha during a campaign.</p>
