Will be painful if JD(U) gives ticket to ex-Bihar DGP Pandey who had ‘insulted Mumbai Police’: Congress

Patna: JD(U) Nationwide President and Bihar Leader Minister Nitish Kumar items the club slip to former DGP Gupteshwar Pandey as he joins the birthday celebration, in Patna, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (PTI Picture)

The Maharashtra Congress on Monday stated it is going to be slightly painful if the JD(U) provides ballot price tag to former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey “who had insulted Mumbai Police”, at a time when Devendra Fadnavis is BJPs election in-charge within the japanese state.

Numerous questions will likely be requested through other folks of Maharashtra if former state leader minister Devendra Fadnavis does now not oppose Pandey getting candidature, Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant stated on Twitter.

Senior Maharashtra BJP chief Fadnavis is his partys ballot in-charge in Bihar, the place elections will likely be held in 3 levels on October 28, November three and November 7. The Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) is an best friend of the BJP in that state.

Former Bihar Director Common of Police (DGP) Pandey, who strongly defended Nitish Kumar at the factor of establishment of a CBI probe into the demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, joined the state’s ruling JD(U) on Sunday amid indications that he would contest the state Meeting polls.

“It’s going to be slightly painful if BJPs best friend JD(U) provides price tag to @ips_gupteshwar, who had insulted Mumbai Police and defamed Maharashtra, at a time when Devendra Fadnavisji is BJPs Bihar in-charge,” Sawant tweeted.

“Other folks of Mahrashtra will ask a number of questions if Fadnavisji does now not oppose it staunchly,” he added.

Pandey used to be within the headlines whilst the governments of Maharashtra and Bihar have been engaged in a tug of battle over the investigation into Rajput’s demise.

He had publicly denounced the Mumbai municipal government for quarantining Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari, who went to Mumbai for heading the probe into the case after an FIR used to be lodged through Rajputs father, accusing actress Rhea Chakraborty and a few others of abetting the actor’s suicide.

He had additionally demanded a CBI probe into the demise of Rajput (34), who used to be discovered placing in his condo in Mumbai’s Bandra space on June14 this 12 months.

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