Maneka Gandhi slapping a UP State Forest guard !!
The news is no surprise to me.
I had a short stint as Joint Secretary ( 2 to 3 weeks) in 1999-2000 with her as MOS ( Env,Forest & Statistics).She specifically sought my services on transfer from the post of JS DOP&T.
I was not happy with the movement as there were lots of anecdotes in the corridors of power , about her short fuse.
She invariably brought her two ferocious Alsatians to office in Shastri Bhavan.
I found her extremely impulsive, impetuous ,using highly intemperate language in conversation with senior officers and personal staff, interspersed with swear words, choicest incestual abuses of north India.
Being new to ministry , I was lucky to escape her wrath.
I thought ,she might have mellowed over the years. But, old habits die hard.
When she was dropped as minister, sweets were distributed by her personal staff in E&F ministry.So ungrateful.
No apocryphal story, this.
NO MALICE TOWARDS MANEKA GANDHI JI
I RESPECT HER SINCERITY AND LOVE FOR ANIMALS.
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