Will Punjab IAS officers fight for Pirzada?
by S.S. Dhanoa Apparently, Mr Gurnihal Pirzada, an IAS officer who was on deputation to the Punjab government, is very disappointed with the IAS Association for not taking up his cause. The IAS Association rarely gets moved to take up issues with the government the Centre or the state. I remember way back in Bihar, its meetings were called to pass resolutions condoling deaths of members for years. Bihar had a Congress government from 1937. Dr S.K. Sinha was the Chief Minister till his death in 1961. Unexpectedly, the Congress party could not win a majority of seats in 1967 elections. A coalition government came to power under the leadership of Mahamaya Prasad Sinha. He was a great orator. He was touring the districts with one or more ministers. Mr M.P. Sinha, accompanied by a Communist minister Mr Chander Shekhar Sinha, came to visit Dumka, the district headquarters of Santhal Pargnas. The Deputy Commissioner there was a young IAS officer, Mr Yashwant Sinha, who is now the External Aff