The
IAS officers’ association will take up the issue of urban development secretary
Sudhir Krishna’s alleged humiliation at the hands of finance minister P
Chidambaram during a meeting, Sanjay R Bhoos Reddy, the
Finance
minister P Chidambaram speaks to industrialists and businessmen at a programme
at Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo)
association
secretary said on Thursday.
“The
matter would be discussed in the executive committee meeting and as per
resolution of the association appropriate action would be taken,” he said.
Reddy
however clarified that Krishna had not approached the association yet.
Krishna
last Thursday wrote to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh through urban development
minister Kamal Nath that the finance minister had humiliated him in a high
level meeting the same day.
“As
I was trying to explain my point, Hon. Chidambaram suddenly started saying that
he could not understand my English and that I should speak in Hindi, which his
officers would translate for him in English,” Krishna wrote.
The
meeting was called to discuss release of additional central assistance for the
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects pending for
release of funds by the finance ministry.
Reacting
to the allegations, the finance minister said there was no question of hurting
anyone’s feelings.
“I don’t know what the controversy is. He was
speaking in a mixture of English and Hindi and I did not understand. So, I
requested him to speak in English so that I can understand, or if he was more
comfortable speaking in Hindi, somebody will explain it to me,” he said in a
statement, adding that he did not want to hurt anyone’s feelings.
