Chandigarh, July 23 -- Congress MP from Ambala, Varun Chaudhary on Tuesday objected to the appointment of a 2016 batch Haryana Civil Service (HCS) officer, Rajiv Prashad as secretary, Haryana Vidhan Sabha.

In a letter to the newly appointed governor, Ashim Kumar Ghosh, the Lok Sabha MP said that appointment of an HCS officer as secretary, Haryana Vidhan Sabha was in contravention of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat Service Rules, 1981(amended till date).

As per the Rules of 1981, an IAS officer serving the state in a substantive permanent capacity or a law officer (assistant advocate general, deputy advocate general, senior deputy advocate general) who is qualified to be appointed as public prosecutor can be appointed as secretary, ...