Gupteshwar Pandey resigned as Bihar DGP to join the ruling Janata Dal United (Archive)
Mumbai:
The Maharashtra Congress said today that the Bihar government, Janata Dal United, should not give former policeman Gupteshwar Pandey, who joined the party yesterday, a ticket to contest next month’s elections because his comments about Mumbai police over the Sushant Rajput case had been “insulted” by force. .
Doing so would be “quite painful,” especially since Maharashtra’s former chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, was the polling chief in charge of the BJP, the JDU’s ally in government, party spokesman Sachin Sawant said.
“It will be quite painful if BJP ally JD (U) gives a ticket to Gupteshwar Pandey, who had insulted Mumbai police and defamed Maharashtra, at a time when Devendra FadnavisHee It’s BJP’s Bihar in charge, “Sawant tweeted in Hindi.
“The people of Maharashtra will ask various questions if FadnavisHee he is not unconditionally opposed, “he added.
Gupteshwar Pandey, who also made a shocking comment about actor Rhea Chakraborty “aukat (stature) “, he joined the JDU on Sunday in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and is widely inclined to participate in elections from his hometown of Buxar.
Pandey, who openly supports Nitish Kumar and has claimed to be known for his “impartial policing”, made headlines early last month after alleging that Mumbai police “forcibly” quarantined a senior police officer. of Bihar charged with investigating a complaint made by Mr. Rajput’s family in Patna
Former Bihar Senior Police Officer Gupteshwar Pandey joined the JDU in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Civic authorities in the Maharashtra capital noted that Vinay Tiwari, the police officer, had been asked to remain in quarantine as a standard protocol for inter-state travel during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mumbai and Bihar police fought bitter turf war over investigations into Rajput death; the actor died in Mumbai but his family filed a police case in Patna.
Pandey had also cast doubt on the handling of the case by his Mumbai counterparts and was one of the most vocal in pushing for the CBI to take over.
The Sushant Rajput case has become an emotional issue in Bihar, with the BJP putting up posters that, according to Congress, drag the Rajput’s name into politics for election gain.
Earlier this month, Fadnavis was asked if he believed that the Sushant Rajput case would, in fact, become an electoral issue. The former Maharashtra chief minister said the BJP did not want that, but also said “we will not stop until justice is done.”
“That’s why we say, na bhoolenge, na bhoolne denge (We will not forget, we will not let anyone forget) “, he said, referring to the phrase on the posters put up by the BJP cultural unit in Bihar.
The election of Bihar, the first major voting exercise to take place in the world during the Covid pandemic, will be divided into three phases starting October 28.
Results are expected on November 10.
With input from PTI
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