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Punjab Engineer Suspended Over Comment on Chief Minister
A Punjab electricity department engineer was suspended after a comment appeared on a Facebook post about Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.
The engineer, Davinder Singh, says he did not write the comment.
He thinks someone may have hacked his account.
The suspension order was issued on September 11.
He was told to move his work headquarters to Bathinda.
Singh said officials told him the Facebook comment caused his removal from the Tohra office.
He says he had worked for PSPCL since 2011 without disciplinary problems.
Worker union leaders are asking that he be reinstated and may hold a protest.
PSPCL junior engineer Davinder Singh was suspended on September 11 over an alleged Facebook comment concerning Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.
Singh denied making the comment and said his social media account may have been hacked.
He was ordered to move his headquarters from the Tohra sub-division to Bathinda.
Singh said he was verbally told at the Central Division office that the comment had prompted his removal.
Union leaders met the Central Zone chief engineer seeking Singh’s reinstatement and have threatened a protest.
- Who
- Davinder Singh, a junior engineer with the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited; Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann; and union leaders.
- What
- Singh was suspended after an alleged Facebook comment concerning the chief minister, which he denies making.
- Where
- Singh was posted at the Tohra sub-division in Patiala district and was ordered to shift his headquarters to Bathinda; he visited the Central Division office in Ludhiana.
- When
- The suspension order was issued on September 11; Singh visited the Central Division office on September 14.
- Why
- The reported reason was an alleged comment on a Facebook post concerning Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, though Singh said his account may have been hacked.
Davinder Singh and Unions
PSPCL Authorities
Responsibility for the Facebook comment
Davinder Singh and Unions
Singh denies posting the comment and says his social media account may have been hacked.
PSPCL Authorities
The suspension was reportedly based on the claim that Singh posted the comment concerning the chief minister.
Response to the suspension
Davinder Singh and Unions
Union leaders are seeking Singh’s reinstatement and have threatened a protest.
PSPCL Authorities
PSPCL management implemented the suspension order and directed Singh to shift his headquarters to Bathinda.
Key facts
- Employee
- Davinder Singh, junior engineer
- Employer
- Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
- Suspension date
- September 11
- Original posting
- Tohra sub-division, Patiala district
- New headquarters
- Bathinda
- Reported trigger
- An alleged comment on a Facebook post concerning Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann
- Union response
- Leaders sought reinstatement and threatened a protest
Quotes
Davinder Singh
Suspended PSPCL junior engineer posted at the Tohra sub-division in Patiala district
“On September 14, I visited the central division office in Ludhiana and was told verbally that I had posted a comment on a social media post concerning Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, because of which I was immediately relieved from the Tohra sub-division.”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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