Dalit IAS Officer Shashi Karnawat announces to become a “Sanyasin”

• Shashi Karnawat was promoted to IAS in 1999
• Accused the MP Govt. of showing heavy "caste bias" against Dalits and tribal public servants
• In 2013, received a five-year imprisonment by a Mandla district court in a graft case

BHOPAL- IAS officer Shashi Karnawat, who has been under suspension since her conviction in a corruption case, announced her plans of becoming a "sanyasin" on Thursday, June 2.

Karnawat, who belongs to the Dalit community, had earlier accused the Madhya Pradesh government of showing heavy "caste bias" against Dalits and tribal public servants. Joining hands with Ramesh Thete, another Dalit IAS officer, Karnawat had participated in a dharna in January.

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Such allegations don't come as a surprise at a time when already two IAS officers have borne the brunt in two separate incidents of praising the former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, said a PTI report.

"I have been running from pillar to post for justice since 2000. In my case, natural justice has been overlooked," said Karnawat. The MP govt has been giving her a chase even after a jail sentence, and several notices during festivals like Diwali.

Karnawat, who was promoted to IAS in 1999, received a five-year imprisonment by a Mandla district court in 2013 in a graft case. She was later suspended. Karnawat got bail after she moved the High Court challenging her previous conviction.

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"I have taken a decision to renounce the world and become a sanyasin. One becomes powerful when he takes refuge in the Almighty. To conquer the downfall, to turn adversaries into victories, bothering into meditation and troubles into means to happiness, I am going to enter the spiritual realm shortly," said Karnawat. She had been living in a state of penance by eating only one meal a day since her suspension 33 months ago.

"The world outside has inflicted pains on me, but now I have discovered bountiful happiness inside," Karnawat added.

-by Maariyah, an intern at NewsGram. Twitter: @MaariyahSid

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