Gupteshwar Pandey was cautious whereas talking about his reported plans however didn’t rule out politics.
Patna:
Gupteshwar Pandey, after quitting as Bihar police chief final night, stated at the moment that his determination had nothing to do with the Sushant Singh Rajput case, which has change into a political speaking level forward of the state’s election simply weeks away.
Mr Pandey’s request for voluntary retirement was permitted on Tuesday by the Bihar authorities, which has waived a three-month obligatory cooling off interval. Experiences counsel he’s eager on contesting the Bihar election as a candidate of the ruling Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) from Sahpur in Buxar district.
He was cautious whereas talking about his reported plans however didn’t rule out politics.
“I’m not DGP (Director Common of Police) as of at the moment. So no authorities guidelines apply to me anymore. As for what I’ll do… individuals are coming from Buxar, Jehanabad, Begusarai, many different districts…individuals are coming to me. I’ll communicate to folks as to how they need my service after which take a call,” Mr Pandey, 59, advised reporters.
“I’ve not stated that I’ll contest polls but,” he insisted, when requested whether or not he was angling for an opportunity to contest the state election.
“I have never joined any social gathering. Once I do I’ll inform all of you. Politics just isn’t the one means of serving society.”
Mr Pandey was instrumental within the Bihar authorities’s push within the Sushant Singh Rajput investigations after his household filed a case in Patna blaming his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.
After the Supreme Courtroom endorsed the CBI investigation advisable by the Bihar authorities, Mr Pandey, as police chief, bragged that Rhea Chakraborty “doesn’t have the aukat (stature)” to touch upon the Chief Minister. He was referring to her remarks within the prime courtroom in regards to the Nitish Kumar authorities utilizing the Sushant Rajput investigation for political capital.
He defended his feedback even at the moment. “The phrase aukat means stature. I solely stated that Nitish Kumar is Chief Minister and Rhea Chakraborty had no proper to make feedback on him,” she stated.
In earlier statements to the media, Mr Pandey had admitted that the Sushant Singh Rajput case had turned political and stated it was “unlucky” that “allegations have been being leveled in opposition to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar” – feedback that have been seen to be unusually political for an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.
In 2009, Mr Pandey had requested early retirement to contest the nationwide election from the Buxar parliamentary constituency. The state authorities rejected his software and on Nitish Kumar’s intervention, he returned to service.
