Thane: The residents’ discussion board from Ambernath, Badlapur, Ulhasnagar and Kalyan have collectively initiated a signature marketing campaign to protest the arbitrary switch of IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe from Maharashtra State Health Department in simply two months. The signature marketing campaign began on Saturday, December 3 and can proceed until December 6 from 7pm to 9pm at Shivaji Chowk in Ambernath.

The members of the residents discussion board really feel that Tukaram Mundhe is being given a punishment switch for performing towards the company foyer within the well being division.

“We have initiated the signature campaign to protest the arbitrary transfer of IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe. The campaign started on December 3, and will continue till December 6, at Shivaji Chowk in Ambernath. We are aiming at getting 5,000 signatures and also planning to mail around 1 lakh letters to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to stop the transfer of honest officer Mundhe,” Satyajit Burman, social activist from Ambernath and founding father of Ambernath Citizens Forum (AMF) instructed FPJ.

“On Saturday in just two hours from 7pm to 9pm we received some around 600 signatures. Also it is not just a signature on the banner but people are drafting letters urging the chief minister to cancel the transfer order. We think that the decision of transferring the honest officer from the state health department in just two months for doing good work would have been taken under pressure from the corporate lobby,” Burman added.

“We will write letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that if an honest officer like Tukaram Mundhe is transferred for doing his duty with dedication, then in future no officer will perform his duty honestly. Mundhe did no wrong in taking action against the corrupt officials in the health department. In just two months he has done excellent work and we want him to continue. We will discuss the matter with an advocate and approach the High Court,” stated Burman.

Tukaram Mundhe has been transferred 19 occasions from varied organisations resulting from his no-nonsense strategy in administration.