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 ...
Members of various organisation on Saturday participated in Bahujan Kranti Morcha to press their demands including effective implementation of Atrocity Act, Mandal, Sachar and Nachhipan Commission recommendations.
The march started from Reshimbag square at afternoon hours and reached Samvidhan square at 5 pm after passing through Ashok square, Baidyanath square, Aanand talkies square, Zanshi Rani square.
A dais was set up at Reshimbag ground where representatives of various organisations addressed the gathering. The gathering is collective efforts of SC, ST, OBC and other organisations. The representatives demanded that the government should make Atrocity Act more stranger.
Waman Meshram, President of BAMCEF said that the state government approved separate ministry for OBCs however, the ministry would work under the Chief Minister. “The state government should appoint OBC person to head the ministry,” demands Meshram. He further alleged that the government is trying to cancel the Atrocity Act. The morcha started at 3 pm from Reshimbagh ground and reached Samvidhan square 5 pm. Women participants were walking ahead followed by the youth and men. The morcha witnessed sizable number of women participation. The participants were carrying blue, yellow, green, saffron and white flags during the march. After reaching Samvidhan square, a delegation submitted a memorandum.
Prof. Naresh Patil, Ramesh Pise, Rajkumar Thorat, Smita Kamble, Yeshwant Telang, Bhente Surei Sasai, Sushma Fad, Prof. Baban Taywade, Shridhar Salve, Mohd. Ajbuddin, Dr. Sunil Pendam, Archana Bhoyar, Narayan Bagde and others were prominently present in the march.
Waman Meshram, National President of BAMCEF said that 36 Bahujan Kranti Morchas are planned across the state from October 24, 2016 to January 21, 2017.
A mega morcha is scheduled on January 21 at Mumbai in which people from Nashik and Pune will also join. Disclosing his further plans, Meshram informed that rallies would be organised at all talukas of 32 districts in second phase and the movement will spread in 44,000 villages of Maharashtra in third phase. Meshram made it clear that there was no role of political parties in the ongoing rallies. “It is a mass movement fighting for rights of all the communities,” said Meshram.
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