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The conviction and sentencing of H C Gupta, former coal secretary, by a CBI court for corruption has upset the IAS greatly. That’s fine, and is as it should be.
But what is surprising – or perhaps not – is that despite the IAS being the most powerful trade union in the country, their association has not threatened a strike. Indeed, except for one or two articles in the newspapers, at the individual level every officer seems to have accepted the conviction of a man who they all say is as honest as the former prime minister Manmohan Singh.
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