ECI Orders Transfer of IAS Officer Sujata R. Karthikeyan, Wife of BJD Leader Pandian from Mission Shakti Dept
Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday ordered the transfer of Sujata R. Karthikeyan, an IAS officer and wife of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader V.K. Pandian, from the post of secretary to the Mission Shakti department in Odisha.
According to reports, she was transferred to a non-public dealing department with immediate effect.
Her husband VK Pandian took voluntary retirement from All India Civil Services in October 2023, to become an active leader of the BJD.In its representation to the ECI, the BJP leaders accused Sujata Karthikeyan was “misusing” her position and SVEEP of the Election Commission to influence around 70,000 women attached with self-help groups under Mission Shakti for “electoral gains of BJD”. SVEEP is a programme of the Election Commission of India for voter education, spreading voter awareness and promoting voter literacy in the country.
