IAS Officer Tina Dabi Under Attack For Bulldozing Houses of Pakistan Hindu Migrants

Jaisalmer District Collector Tina Dabi is in the news again. This time for demolishing houses of Pakistani Hindu migrants in Rajasthan.

Following her order, the district administration demolished the temporary settlements in the Amarsagar gram panchayat, 4 km from district headquarters, on Tuesday.

This anti-encroachment drive led the migrants to protest in front of her house while netizens on social media sites condemned her action.

As people also targeted the state government, Rajasthan Minister Pratap Khachariyawas said that the officials involved in the demolition will face action. "What the officials did is wrong, they will have to answer. We will take action against them. Pakistani Hindu migrants are living in Jaisalmer on an vacant plot of land," ANI quoted him as saying.

Rajasthan | Pakistani Hindu migrants who are settled in Jaisalmer allege that Rajasthan Government had ordered the eviction of Pakistani Hindu migrants from Government land here. pic.twitter.com/TT1sUGv6Qu

— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) May 17, 2023

He then claimed that it was a "conspiracy" to malign the Rajasthan government. "As per the law of the Rajasthan government, you can't evict anyone without them being rehabilitated...This is a very serious matter. This is a conspiracy; such officials will be taken to task who try to malign the Govt. They committed a sin, they will have to face it," he added.

Meanwhile, Tina Dabi, a 2016 IAS officer, said that they will be shifted to shelter houses till they get a proper allotment of land. "We issued a circular on April 5 too. We have been trying to make them understand but many didn't get convinced. The place they were residing, had already been allotted to others. We had a talk with them today. They will be moved to shelter houses till they get a proper allotment of land," said Tina Dabi.

The collector claimed that she has assured of settlement at some other place to them. "Today a successful dialogue was held with the people. As per their demand, Urban Improvement Trust (UIT) will mark them in a week and give them a proper place. They were assured of settlement at some other place, after which the protestors announced to end the strike. The land on which the encroachment was removed yesterday was either allotted by UIT earlier or is in the water catchment area. That's why we have explained to those people that if you sit at this place then you will face problems in future also," she added.

Tina Dabi was earlier in the news after tying the knot with IAS officer Athar Amir-ul-Shafi. As a section of netizens slammed her over her interfaith marriage, Rahul Gandhi had used the opportunity to take a veiled dig at the Narendra Modi government while congratulating them.

"Congratulations Tina Dabi and Athar Amir-ul-Shafi, IAS toppers, batch of 2015, on your wedding! May your love grow from strength to strength and may you be an inspiration to all Indians in this age of growing intolerance and communal hatred. God bless you," Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet.