A young IAS officer has sparked outrage on social media and earned a lot of contempt after a picture of him went viral.
Arrogance of Elite IAS officers.
He shud b told there is no British Raj now & He is a civil servant.@IASassociation pic.twitter.com/u523QwfMP7
— Satvik Patel (@DrSatvikPatel) May 4, 2016
Dr Jagdish Sonkar, who is the sub-divisional magistrate of Ramanujganj in Balrampur district, was caught on camera casually standing with his left foot resting on the steel rail of a hospital bed while talking to the mother of a sick child.
Many patients and hospital staff were reportedly angry with him for his uncivil manners and one of them then clicked a photo, and posted it on social media. And it went viral.
The issue was also raised with the Chief Minister of Chattisgarh CM Raman Singh who has promised action against him and also said he will instruct the chief secretary to teach him manners.
Meanwhile, the rebukes on Twitter for his unwanted gesture have still not stopped with people calling him insensitive and questioning the nature of this ‘elite’ profession
The picture of Jagdish Sonkar SDM in Chattisgarh inspecting CHC is shocking and it’s unacceptable
— IAS Association (@IASassociation) May 4, 2016
The Indian government over 70 years, in just one picture: https://t.co/nNYADFUySZ
— Amit Varma (@amitvarma) May 5, 2016
@jagdishsonkar you showed your disgusting culture and also the stupidity of the people who recruited you. #ias #JagdishSonkar
— Ignited Images (@Indraneel1973) May 5, 2016
#JagdishSonkar..ha ha..politicians,judges n his fellow bureaucrats…r all the same full of arrogance..india the superpower only for elites
— Pankaj apurva (@Paxiedivine) May 5, 2016
#JagdishSonkar and his attitude is typical of #IAS once you get to the other side rest dnt matter
— Partha Biswas (@parthasbiswas) May 5, 2016
Dear Jagdish Sonkar, IAS 2013 batch, SDM somewhere in Chattisgarh : Be respectful. And don’t repeat this again. pic.twitter.com/3d11qVQiiB
— Bharati Chaturvedi (@Bharati09) May 4, 2016
There were some who felt that the whole issue was blown out of proportion and that the IAS officer should not be judged so harshly
Jagdish Sonkar, such is the world outside academy. Your intentions or deeds don’t matter. Your poses do! Thats media.
Don’t be disheartened.— Kannan Gopinathan (@naukarshah) May 5, 2016
Dr Jagdish Sonkar is a committed IAS Officer who take care of patients after office hrs.#Respect https://t.co/USuMxiXvJH
— Kunal (@kunalone) May 5, 2016
Am behind the times here but simply must record my horror at the way Dr Jagdish Sonkar IAS has been vilified over a complete non issue 1/n
— Varsha Joshi (@suraiya95) May 5, 2016
After the backlash, Sonkar told Hindustan Times that he went to the hospital with good intentions. “My action was unintentional and avoidable,” he added.
