Sign board row: Ayodhya DM suspends JE

DM Nitish Kumar on Saturday suspended junior engineer Ajay Kumar Shukla for changing the colour of the signboard of the district magistrate’s official residence from saffron to green.

Ayodhya district magistrate Nitish Kumar on Saturday suspended junior engineer Ajay Kumar Shukla for changing colour of the sign board of the DM’s official residence from saffron to green.

The saffron sign board outside the Civil Lines residence of Ayodhya DM changed to green. (FILE PHOTO)

The saffron coloured sign board outside Kumar’s residence in Civil Lines was changed to green on March 2, triggering political speculation amid the ongoing UP assembly elections.

According to Ayodhya administration, the JE was held accountable for changing the sign board’s colour without taking approval from authorities concerned.

Now, the saffron colour sign board has been restored.