Slugfest erupts over the recent Secretariat drama in the national capital. While AAP claims that CBI raided Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the agency clarifies that their target was Principal Secretary Rajender Kumar and not the Delhi CM.
Let us take a look on some interesting facts about the Principal Secretary in question here:
IAS officer Rajendra Kumar was appointed as the Principal Secretary of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in February 2015.
Rajendra Kumar is a 1989 batch IAS officer.
Rajendra Kumar is an IIT- Delhi, alumnus like Kejriwal.
Rajendra Kumar was also secretary to Kejriwal during his previous tenure as CM.
Kumar was also secretary in Urban Development Department and handled various departments including Power and Transport.
Senior bureaucrat Ashish Joshi had written to the Anti-Corruption Branch chief MK Meena against Kumar accusing him of allegedly indulging in corruption.
Kumar’s office was raided following complaints made to CBI that certain private companies were benefiting in all posts where he was deployed over the last 5 years.
In his complaint to Meena, Joshi had alleged that Kumar, as director of Education (from May, 2002 to February, 2005) and later Secretary (IT), Secretary (Health) and Commissioner (VAT), had allegedly set up various companies to siphon off work order to his companies causing “financial loss” to the state exchequer.
Rajender Kumar formed a company called Endeavors Systems Private Ltd. In 2007, he became secretary (IT) in Govt of NCT of Delhi. During this period, he got this company empanelled with Public Sector Unit (PSU) viz ICSIL, ICSIL is an IT PSU and being a PSU can do work for departments without tenders, Joshi alleged in his complaint.