Acting on complaints by Congress and other parties, the Election Commission of India ordered the transfer of Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla with immediate effect and directed the Chief Secretary to hand over her charge to the next senior-most IPS officer in the cadre. The Chief Secretary has also been directed to send a panel of three IPS officers by 05.11.2024 (1 pm) for appointment as DGP Maharashtra, ANI quoted sources as saying.
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Sources told ANI that CEC Rajeev Kumar had earlier warned officials during review meetings and announcement of assembly elections in the state to not only be fair and impartial but also to be non-partisan in their conduct while performing their duties. Had also warned. On Friday, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said Maharashtra Assembly elections cannot be conducted fairly if Rashmi Shukla, whom he accused of being biased towards the BJP, continues to helm the state police force. Are.
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Sanjay Raut said that a very serious allegation has been leveled against State Police Director General Rashmi Shukla. In 2019, when our government was being formed, this Director General of Police, who was directly working for the Bharatiya Janata Party, was tapping all our phones and giving complete information to Devendra Fadnavis about what we were going to do. Are.
