Did Badal leaks an official secret ?

When Badal said that IAS officers are Busy Collecting Money, Did He leaks an official secret?

Most of the media chose to act as if they have not listened. But somehow the tribune dared to write an Editorial  "  July 14 editorial in the Tribune Chandigarh "

Babus give govt a bad name?

  FIVE-TIME Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is usually careful with his public utterances but the less-than-satisfactory Lok Sabha election results, it seems, have unnerved him. Speaking at a function in Chandigarh on Sunday, he accused bureaucrats of indulging in corruption, giving his government a bad name…. Usually Punjab's ruling politicians and officials display tremendous cooperation and understanding while engaging in corrupt practices. If some IAS officers were siphoning off funds or not performing to the desired level, then what was, and is, the political leadership doing about it? Badal complained in public that "… if I say anything, they (IAS officers) gang up and support each other"….

 My response  has been published in Tribune as

Criminal bonding

In the editorial “Babus give govt a bad name?” it has been rightly diagnosed that “usually Punjab’s ruling politicians and officials display tremendous cooperation and understanding while engaging in corrupt practices.”

But, may be, Badal is feeling that collecting money illegally is the right of politicians only. It seems that now there is competition and, not cooperation, between bureaucrats and politicians in making money and nobody has the time to solve people’s problems.

Prof K K Garg, Chandigarh