Congress seeks removal of DGP Rashmi Shukla to ensure ‘fair and impartial’ polls

“Shukla was owed to discontinue connected June 30, 2024, upon reaching the property of superannuation arsenic per her day of commencement successful June 1964. However, she has been illegally granted an hold until January 2026, successful nonstop usurpation of the Maharashtra Police Act, which stipulates that the DGP of the authorities shall person a word of 2 years oregon until their retirement, whichever is earlier,” Patole said successful a letter.

A connection sent to Shukla did not elicit immoderate response.

A Congress delegation met with the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, who is connected a two-day circuit of Maharashtra. The delegation included Congress authorities wide secretaries Munaf Hakim and Dr Gajanan Desai who handed implicit a transcript of the missive that Nana Patole had sent to the Chief Election Commissioner connected September 24, demanding the removal of Rashmi Shukla.

Speaking to the property astatine Tilak Bhavan, Nana Patole said that contempt her work tenure ending, the BJP-led authorities has extended Rashmi Shukla’s tenure by 2 years. “She continues to assistance the BJP-led government, and specified arguable and suspicious officers should not beryllium successful bureau during elections. Otherwise, the elections volition not beryllium fair. Congress has made this demand, and the predetermination officials person assured action,” Patole said.

The Congress enactment besides registered its objection to the polling stations successful backstage societies and insisted that voting should beryllium held successful authorities buildings only. Additionally, Form 17C, which provides polling data, should beryllium instantly handed implicit to polling agents aft voting, Munaf Hakim added.