The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
Madhav Bhandari |
By Dheeraj Fartode
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state spokesperson Madhav Bhandari, on Thursday, slammed Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) for allowing power tariff hike and ignoring consumer-related issues. “State Government should intervene and roll back the tariff hike,” he said.
Addressing a press conference at BJP’s Vidarbha office here, Bhandari said that Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) was issuing inflated bills to consumers to compensate for losses. “As MSEDCL officers are involved in corruption, they are issuing inflated bills to consumers to compensate for losses inflicted by their corruption. The Government should book MSEDCL officers in this regard,” he said.
Already, BJP has announced support to power consumers’ agitation, Bhandari said. BJP workers will launch agitation against proposed tariff hike across the State. “Party workers will torch power bills during the agitation and BJP State chief Devendra Fadnavis, Leader of Opposition (Legislative Council) Vinod Tawde will lead the agitation at Nashik on Friday,” he added.
Power tariff are the highest in Maharashtra than in any other state in India. This is ultimately forcing industries to shut down, claimed Bhandari. He slammed the ruling Congress-NCP Government for cost escalation of more than Rs 9,600 crore in power projects. The cost escalation in power sector is much higher than that in case of irrigation projects. “It is a bigger scam. BJP will soon come up with details about this. The officers and politicians are overlooking mismanagement in power sector and shielding erring officials,” he alleged. Corruption by officials is responsible for the State’s poor performance in power sector, he said.
A delegation of senior leaders of BJP had met Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and demanded cancellation of proposed tariff hike, Bhandari told reporters. Accusing the MSEDCL officials of furnishing fudged information to the Government, he demanded audit of agricultural pumps.
State spokesperson of BJP Girish Vyas, Pramod Pendke, and Chandan Goswami were present at the press conference.
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