THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The public spat between IAS officers N Prasanth and Jayathilak has intensified again. Prasanth responded that additional chief secretary Dr A Jayathilak IAS has scuttled the lives of many IAS officers. He said that more information will be revealed. Amid reports of facing disciplinary action, Prasanth came forward criticising Jayathilak again. His response was through a Facebook post. Prasanth criticized Jayathilak and the media that gave news of Gopalakrishnan IAS in the Mallu Hindu WhatsApp group controversy.

Prasanth also said that some people are advising him in the form of threats to talk to Jayathilak and strike a compromise. He responded through the post that he wants to put an end to the list of IAS officers whose lives have been destroyed by Jayathilak.

Relevant parts of FB post
Have you ever wondered what a person who dares to create a childish fake narrative of an 18-year-serving IAS officer with a copy of a newspaper, will do to other subordinates? A mere walk in the secretariat corridor will tell you he has ruined the careers of how many honest people who refused to file/report/note as he dictated.

The doubts will be cleared if you ask all the departments, he had worked in. He reminded that Article 311 of the Constitution gives protection to an IAS officer if he turns into a whistleblower. He added that he had decided to become a whistleblower, fully knowing the risks involved, as he was left with no other option.

According to the service rules of IAS officers, they should not criticize the government or government policies. It does mean that not to criticize Jayathilak or Gopalakrishnan. Having studied law for five years, I don't need the editorial advice of a yellow daily to know about service rules. Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India belongs to me like any other citizen.

Received threats in the form of advice from some to strike a compromise with Jayathilak. He said that he wants to put an end to the list of IAS officers who lives have been destroyed by Jayathilak.