Hyderabad, Oct 23 (PTI) Senior IAS officer Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi’s voluntary retirement has triggered a political row in Telangana with the BRS accusing the government of “harassing” bureaucrats to engage in corruption.

Rizvi, a 1999 batch officer who has about a decade of service left, opted for voluntary retirement from October 31 and the state government accepted it. The reason for his VRS is not known.

Reacting to Rizvi’s VRS, Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar said the IAS officer’s retirement exposes how Telangana’s bureaucracy is being crushed between corrupt politics and blame games. Show Full Article

He said Telangana deserves to know why an honest and efficient officer was forced to take this step.

“If ministers can’t make an officer bend to their pressure, do they choose to

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