Rani Nagar is an IAS officer of Haryana batch 2014. She resigned on May 4, 2020, citing “threat to personal safety of government servants”.
Wiki/Biography
Rani Nagar was born on Friday, December 19, 1986 (35 years old in 2020) in Badarpur village, Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. Her star sign is Sagittarius. She completed her formal education in Uttar Pradesh.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 6″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
Family and caste
Rani comes from a Hindu family from Gujarat. In fact, she is the first female IAS from Gujarat.
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name is Ratan Singh Nagar. She is said to be close to her elder sister Reema Nagar, who lived with her during her last two years as an IAS officer. Reema Nagar also made headlines for being concerned about her sister’s safety. Her brother is said to be living abroad.
Haryana IAS officer Rani Nagar and her sister Reema Nagar
Relationship/Husband
As of June 2020, she is single and unmarried. She has not revealed any news about her love life to the public.
Profession
Rani Nagar had passed the UPSC IAS exam in 2014 and was subsequently posted in the Haryana cadre. She had held several senior posts in different departments of the Haryana government. On May 4, 2020, she submitted her resignation letter and resigned from her post citing the threat to her life from the government post.
Controversy and resignation
Right from the beginning, Rani Nagar has been vocal and outspoken about every misconduct she has come across in her career. Her career has been full of controversies. Here is a list of some of the incidents that she has made public and reported in her six-year career as an IAS.
- In 2015, when she was posted as assistant commissioner in Ambala, she reported that she was being sexually harassed by her driver.
- In the same year, she also claimed that a senior officer of the Indian Administrative Service made an indecent gesture towards her.
- In 2016, when she was mayor of the Cosley area, she accused her superiors of sexual harassment and abuse.
- That same year, she reported an incident in which a car driver tried to kidnap her.
- In December 2017, when she was serving as the Dabawali sub-divisional collector in Sirsa district, she filed a case against a mysterious person who tried to enter her house.
However, the most controversial allegation that has grabbed public attention is the case in which Rani Nagar accused Sunil K Gulati, a senior IAS student of 1985 batch, of misconduct and harassment in 2018 when they worked together.
नमस्कार।मैंआपसभीकोमेरेहोरहेयौनशोषणबारेसूचि September 20, 2018 December 12, 2018
Rani Nagar September 2018
However, Gulati denied the allegations, saying Nagar seemed “stressed” and complained that she “deliberately ignored” his orders to attend the meeting. He said he had called the state chief secretary and informed him about the issue and he was ready to face any investigation. Later, IAS Gulati was cleared by the inquiry committee. In a video posted on her Facebook account on April 17, 2020, Rani Nagar said, “I have been posted as Additional Director, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Chandigarh. For the past two years, my sister Reema Nagar and I have been living in a single room in UT (Chandigarh). I have requested them many times to give me the house but they have not given it to me. It is very difficult for two women to live in one room and we are facing a lot of problems for this. I have filed a case against Sunil K Gulati and several Chandigarh Police personnel in Case No. 3573 of 2019 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate. Our lives are being threatened during the lockdown. Hereby, I request the audience to submit my statement in the CJI court in case of loss of life or loss of trace”.
On April 23, she posted on her Facebook page that she would resign from the Indian Administrative Service once the coronavirus lockdown was lifted. She subsequently tendered her resignation on May 4, 2020, and returned to her home in Ghaziabad.
Resignation letter from Rani Nagar, head of Indian Revenue Service
The Haryana government refused to accept her resignation and suggested that the central government change her leadership.
Facts/Trivia
- Some important politicians have reacted to Rani Nagar’s resignation. Commenting on it, Indian National Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala called her resignation a “shocking incident” and slammed the Haryana government for failing to protect Indian National Congress Rani Nagar. BSP chief Mayavati also expressed her concerns about the safety of women officers in a tweet.
हरियणर की महिलर आईएएस अफसरररनी नगर को, ‘नौकरी के दौरण अन्ततः अपनी नौकरी स े ही इस्तीफर देकर वरपस अपने घर यूपी लौट आनर पड़र है, जो अत ि-दुःखदवअति-दुर्भर्यपूर्ण। म्मरन के मरमले में ऐसी सरकरी उदरसीनत ¡ व अन्यों की चुप्पी क्यों?
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) May 6, 2020
- On May 12, 2020, a masked man wearing a helmet and black glasses repeatedly kicked the door of her residence in Ghaziabad in an attempt to break it down. Then, on May 30, 2020, nearly a month after she resigned, Rani Nagar and her sister were attacked by a man who hit them with an iron rod. She shared information about both incidents on her social media accounts.
मैंरनीनरगरपुत्रीश्रीरतनसिंहनरगरनिवरसीग़रि यबदगरँवबर सभीकोसूचित…
Rani Nagar February 30, 2020
- After her resignation and constant attacks, her inclination towards the Indian National Congress can be seen through her Facebook posts.
Rani Nagar January
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Source: HIS Education