Shakuntala Jakhu was a 1978 batch IAS officer and the former Chief Secretary[1] to the Government of Haryana. She was the fourth female chief secretary of Haryana.[2][3]

Personal life

She is married to a 1979 batch IAS officer, Ramendra Jakhu,[4] and is a close relative to former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Kumari Selja.[5]

Controversy

Jakhu was among three Haryana cadre bureaucrats whose names were in the scam of Associate Journals Limited (AJL), publisher of the National Herald newspaper, despite getting a clean chit from the State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) in 2016.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Shakuntala Jakhu to be new Haryana chief secretary". 30 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Haryana gets woman chief secretary". The Times of India. 31 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Keshni Anand Arora is new Haryana chief secretary". July 2019.
  4. ↑ "EC clears extension for chief secretary". The Times of India. October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jakhu to continue as CS till November 30". 30 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "National herald case: IAS officers named in FIR despite clean chit from Haryana vigilance bureau". 8 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "National Herald: Subramanian Swamy Seeks Ex-Haryana CM as Witness". 23 April 2017.
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