Shakuntala Jakhu

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 Lok 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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