“What’s The Harm If I Join Politics?”: Bihar’s Ex Top Cop On Future Plans

New Delhi:

Gupteshwar Pandey, who give up the put up of the Bihar police chief on Wednesday, gave what appeared a transparent trace of his future plan by the tip of the day. Since Tuesday, when he put in his papers, there was a robust buzz that the previous police chief will take the excessive highway to politics, contesting the approaching state elections on an NDA ticket from his hometown Buxar. However Mr Pandey has not been very forthcoming.

“What is the hurt if I be part of politics? Is it unconstitutional, unethical or unlawful?” the previous Director Basic of Police advised NDTV on Wednesday night.

“I’m the individuals’s DGP. Janta ka DGP. The janta of Buxar will determine what my subsequent step needs to be, whether or not they need me to affix politics or not… I am a son of the soil. I’ve served in 34 districts,” he mentioned.

On Wednesday, a music video titled “Robin Hood of Bihar” made its look on YouTube, the place the previous police chief was portrayed as a crusader hero.

Lyricist and composer Deepak Thakur, who additionally seems within the video, had made a particular point out of the Sushant Singh Rajput case, which has turn out to be an emotive concern within the state forward of the election.

Mr Pandey has not solely been on the forefront of the case, nudging all of it the way in which to the Supreme Courtroom, he had additionally been vocal about it.

His statements about Chief Minister Nitish Kumar being unfairly focused had been seen as unusually political for an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. His assertion about Sushant Rajput’s good friend Rhea Chakraborty’s not having the “aukat (stature)” to touch upon Nitish Kumar, had drawn criticism.

Mr Pandey yesterday had insisted that he’s recognized for his work within the police which has been “neutral”.

“I’ve served below six chief ministers,” he advised NDTV, reeling off the names — Jagannath Mishra, Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Nitish Kumar, Jitan Ram Manjhi. “Nobody has raised a finger towards me, regardless of political social gathering. Nobody has raised a finger on my impartiality,” he mentioned.

Because the Bihar authorities accepted his resignation and waived the three month cooling-off interval, Mr Pandey had appeared earlier than the media yesterday, nattily wearing civilian black.

Requested about allegations that he needed to make use of the Sushant Rajput case as political capital, he mentioned, “Solely those that really feel threatened by me and have a low mentality will say such issues”.

The previous police was recognized to have political ambitions, particularly along with his unsuccessful try in 2009 to contest nationwide elections from the Buxar parliamentary constituency. “It’s true that I’m eager about politics. However I used to be anari (naive) then and I’m anari now,” he had advised the media.