Gujarat poll observer puts up pics of posting on Instagram, replaced – The Indian Express

Singh, who describes himself as a public servant, actor and social entrepreneur, apart from an IAS officer, in his social media bio, has over 3 million followers on Instagram and 31,000 on Twitter. (Credits: Abhishek Singh/ @abhishek_as_it_is/ Instagram)The Election Commission (EC) on Friday relieved an Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer of his duties as a general observer in the Gujarat Assembly elections after he shared photos of his posting on the social media, EC sources said. The officer, Abhishek Singh, was on November 7 appointed as general observer of Bapunagar and Asarwa constituencies in Ahmedabad district for the Gujarat polls to be held in December. Now it had come to the EC’s notice that Singh had used Instagram to share photos of his posting or joining as general observer and used his official position as a “publicity stunt”, the EC wrote to the Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Friday. The EC relieved the officer of his duties and debarred him from any election-related duty till further orders. The EC ordered Singh to leave the constituency immediately and gave another officer the additional charge till a new observer was appointed. The EC said all government facilities extended to Singh to
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