There was a huge untruth told by Mr. Anand Kumar Bhatt ji (Retired IAS officer) without any qualms on the group in my mail in Feb .11, regarding his reasons for leaving as a moderator of our group. Recently the thread resurfaced and along with it this untrue mail. I wish to set the record straight. Here are the exact words used by Mr. Anand Kumar Bhatt ji in his mail :
"Long time back you had some caustic comments on me when I did not agree to support some cause. I was hurt but did not show it . After that I quietly resigned as moderator, as I thought that I was not contributing much as MODERATOR. YOU MIGHT BE FEELING THE SAME WAY, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. yOU ARE AN EXPERT AND I AM AN AMATEUR. yOUR SERVICES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE GROUP. So even if you donot want to continue as moderator, you must continue as member and help others in ID and give your expert comments. Best of luck. ak -- Anand Kumar Bhatt " I was baffled, shocked and surprised as were many members at this kind of total fiction and from someone with whom I have not had any discussions whatsoever. I have uploaded many hundreds of pictures on the group, many of them new species or first postings on the group, have had many discusisons especially on taxonomy , *but never ever have I started any thread for any cause on my own. * Therefore, Anand kumar Bhatt ji's basic premise itself is compleltey false. In the next two mails I am forwarding the threads in which Anand kumar Bhatt ji clearly stated his reasons for asking to leave as a moderator and subsequently Garg ji's mail accepting the same. I am also givng datewise count of the number of times Anand Kumar Bhatt ji has commented on my posts in the period before he decided to leave and even after that. Anyone can check the mails in the database. Here are the details of the posts in which almost always it is Anand kumar Bhatt ji who has commented on my posts of plants : Just before his voluntarily leaving as a moderator on 6 Nov. 2009, Mr. Anand Kumar Bhatt ji had interacted on my thread on 'most fragrant flower' and on 21 october 2009, I am explaining the morphology of the flower in the thread to him. Prior to this on my thread on Adansonia ,Mr. Anand kumar Bhatt ji had interacted with comments on 20 August 2009 and 26 August 2009. Before that Mr.Anand Kumar Bhatt ji had interacted on 12 June 2009 on my thread on Gloriasa superba with a comment, and before that on 5 June 2009 again Mr. Anand Kumar Bhatt ji had commented on my post of Dalbergia sissoo. This is the entire account of interactions several months prior to his leaving due to which he is claiming that he quietly left as a moderator on 6 Nov 2009. !! Subsequent to Mr. Anand Kumar Bhatt ji's leaving as moderator on 6 November 2009 and Garg ji acceptance of the same on 7 November 2009 the following is the acocunt of the interactions: He asked me for help in getting a photo of Morus species that I had posted some info.on someone's thread of the same. I scanned the same and sent it on itp on the same day on 19 February 2010. On my post on Gliricidia he has asked Yazdy ji for the seeds on 12 April 2010. He has commented on my post on Michelia champaca on 18 May 2010. He has commented on my post on Mimusops elengi on 5 December 2010. I have made one observation of the Tabernaemontana coronaria flowering on Anand kumar Bhatt ji's thread of the same flowers on 24 August 2010. I request Anand Kumar Bhatt ji ji to gracefully accept that he has told complete fiction and desist from setting such an example being such a senior person on the group. I also request Garg ji to kindly second this fact of the reasons for Mr. Anand kumar Bhatt ji leaving as a moderator so that this untruth he has told on the group is discarded and issue closed. regards, Rashida.
