9 January 2017
PUNE: Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj pulled up a Pune-based man on Sunday
for requesting his wife's transfer from Jhansi railways to his hometown. Swaraj
said had the couple been working under her ministry, they would have been
fired for making such a request on a social networking platform. "If you
or your wife were from my Ministry and such a request for transfer was made on
twitter, I would have sent a suspension order by now," tweeted Swaraj.
The man's request was apparently prompted by a
request by a US man seeking Swaraj's help with his wife's passport
issues. The US citizen had on Sunday posted a tweet
saying,"@SushmaSwaraj @governorswaraj hello madam please help my wife get
passport cleared. I am forced to live without her in US Passport issues."
Swaraj responded saying, "Ohh ! This banwas should end soon."
Noticing an opportunity to share his own
predicament, the Pune man then tweeted to Swaraj. "Can you
please help us in ending our banwas in India? My wife is a Jhansi Railway
employee and I work in Pune in IT. Been a year," he tweeted. His request
was later forwarded to Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Twitter by
Swaraj. But the Railways minister pointed out that he will not able to
help the man with the request because it is not under his jurisdiction.
"Thanks @SushmaSwaraj ji for bringing it to my notice. As per policy laid
by me, I don't look into transfers. Railway Board empowered for same,"
Prabhu said on Twitter.
Swaraj is known for her prompt response in reaching
out to Indians in distress abroad and resolve their problems. Swaraj on Sunday
asked people in distress abroad to send a tweet to the Indian Mission concerned
and tag her so that she can “personally” monitor the grievance redressal.
Swaraj tweeted, “Please tweet your problem to the concerned Indian
Embassy/authority and endorse the same to @sushmaswaraj. This will save time in
emergency.
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