Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Information and Technology Department head Amit Malviya on Saturday (May 23, 2026) targeted Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over the appointment of Secretary to the new Chief Minister of Kerala VD Satheesan. He said that Rahul Gandhi’s selective outrage has once again been exposed.
He criticized an In this regard, Amit Malviya has shared a post on the social media platform
Rahul Gandhi’s selective outrage stands exposed yet again.
He chose to criticize West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari for appointing Shri Manoj Agarwal as Chief Secretary. But unlike Mamata Banerjee, who repeatedly subverted the bureaucracy by superseding dozens of IAS… pic.twitter.com/Hpf7DTvU4b
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) May 23, 2026
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BJP’s National Information and Technology Department head Amit Malviya wrote in his post, ‘Rahul Gandhi’s selective anger has once again been exposed. He criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Subhendu Adhikari’s appointment of Manoj Agarwal as Chief Secretary, but unlike Mamata Banerjee, who repeatedly ignored dozens of IAS officers and weakened the bureaucratic system by promoting only her loyal officers, the BJP government of West Bengal has appointed the senior-most IAS officer serving in the state and this appointment has been done as per established rules and service traditions.
He further wrote, ‘Now compare this with Congress-ruled Kerala. Ratan U. Kelkar, who is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Keralam cadre and is not even the senior most officer in the state, is being appointed as Secretary to Chief Minister VD Satheesan, while he will simultaneously hold the post of Chief Electoral Officer of Keralam. A position in which institutional impartiality and independence are most expected, then where is Rahul Gandhi’s lesson on institutional decorum? Or does their anger depend entirely on which party is in power?
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