EC orders removal of Jharkhand DGP Gupta ahead of Assembly polls
Ahead of the Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the Jharkhand government to remove Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Gupta with immediate effect.
Ahead of the Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the Jharkhand government to remove Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Gupta with immediate effect.
The appeal follows a recent meeting in Delhi that brought together Meitei, Kuki, and Naga legislators, highlighting growing internal divisions within the state’s ruling party.
To ensure the removal of the ebullient Prime Minister, whose tenure thus far has been less than smooth, the 342-member legislature must have 172 votes for the co-confidence motion. Though a date for the motion is yet to be fixed, the opposition claims that it has more votes than required.
The state government has appointed a four-member BoA in the SMC led by Gautam Deb as its chairperson "to handle and contain the grave situation due to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic" in May.
Also removed Saturday was a statue depicting Sacagawea, and explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Mr Nirajnayan, a 1987 batch IPS officer has been posted as DGP with immediate effect and the commission has asked for the compliance report by 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Moving the resolution, UDF's Muslim League legislator M Ummer said the Speaker denigrated his office by allegedly supporting a smuggling racket
The Jharkhand Assembly’s Budget Session began on a raucous note on Wednesday with the opposition vociferously demanding the removal of the state…
