Kerala, TN join protest against ‘new IAS rules’

Chennai/Thiruvananth apuram, Jan. 23: Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu’s M.K. Stalin on Sunday joined the growing list of Chief Ministers who have emphatically opposed the central government’s proposed changes to the assignment rules of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.

The amendments to the IAS Cadre Rules proposed by the centre “strike at the very root” of the nation’s federal polity and state autonomy, Mr Stalin said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Mr Vijayan also sent a similar letter, urging the government to drop the move, saying it will create “fear psychosis” among civil service officials to implement the state government policies.