RajbalaVerma is a 1983 batch
IAS officer of Jharkhand cader. She opted for the new state after the
bifurcation of Bihar. She recently retired from the post of
the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand. She is the second woman to hold this post in
Jharkhand. She is considered a personal favorite of Raghuber Das and many
believe that it is Rajbala Verma who is running the government rather than that
inefficient but honest Raghubar.
Rajbala Verma is also
considered as a highly controversial officer. One the one hand you will find
people showing deep respect for her. She had once become the beacon of hope for
millions of teenage girls in Bihar in 1990s. She was widely regarded as tough
task master who is incorruptible. At the same time, there are enough
indications that she had become quite close to Lalu Prasad Yadav and has in
fact helped Rabri to run the administration without known Alphabets. It is a known fact that the CS post helped her to get away from the fodder scam.
Profile of Rajbala Verma
Rajbala Verma was born and
brought up in Rajasthan. She cracked UPSC Civil Services Examination in 1983
and got Bihar cader. Her first on-job experience was under R. K. Singh
(currently BJP MP from Arrah). She was a trainee under R. K. Singh who was the
DM of Patna in 1984. After the unfortunate assassination of Indira Gandhi, the
anti sikh riots started everywhere. Patna has sizeable number of Sikhs because
of Guru Gobind Singh. R. K. Singh and Rajbala Verma ensured that Patna remained
free from riots and they worked tirelessly to keep Sikhs of Patna safe. After
training, the first posting of Rajbala was in Begusarai as an SDO. This
district of Bihar is quite rich and also notorious for producing so many
mafias. As a young SDO, Rajbala fought against everyone. That was also the
first time when board examination was conducted in Begusarai without a single
incident of cheating. Similarly, Rajbala as DM of Gaya worked to keep Ranbir
Sena and Maoists under check. There are many more interesting stories about
Rajbala Verma because of which she was called as the Iron Lady of
Administration.
In late 1990s, she came
close to Lalu Prasad Yadav and lost all her sheen.
Husband of Rajbala Verma
Rajbala Verma is married to
Jyoti Bhramar Tubid, who was also an IAS officer. In fact, Mr. Tubid was senior
to Rajbala. He was slated to become the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, but
resigned to fight Assembly election from Chaibasa on BJP ticket. He lost the
election by heavy margin giving another reason for people to believe that
politics is not for honest person in India.
Mr. Tubid father was a
minister in Bihar during 1960s.
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