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
While speaking on the raging boundary dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka, Former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday demanded in the state Legislative Council that the Union government should declare ‘Karnataka-occupied Maharashtra’ areas as a Union Territory and the resolution in this regard should be passed in the house. He also fired a salvo at the Shinde-Fadnavis government for failing to corner the Karnataka government on the issue.
This was the first time Thackeray attended proceedings of State legislators after resigning as the Chief Minister in July. Thackeray said, “Marathi language and culture rooted in the Belgaum (Belgavi) area since 1800. It is not just a case of language and border, but of ‘humanity’.”
These Marathi-speaking people are facing atrocities from the Karnataka government, he said and demanded that the ‘Karnataka-occupied Maharashtra’ areas should be declared as Union Territory by the Central Government till the issue is pending before the Supreme Court.
He also highlighted that a resolution in this regard should be passed in the council and must be forwarded to the Union government. “Only discussing the issue in the house would not help the Marathi speaking people living in Karnataka. We should have to pass this resolution,” he said.
The matter is sub-judice and there is a status quo on it, but who is spoiling the atmosphere? he asked, apparently targeting the Karnataka government.
“Many Kannada speaking people are living in Maharashtra. But they were never targeted here,” he said.
He also criticised CM Eknath Shinde for not going against Karnataka CM Basavraj Bommai. “Shinde’s supporters are claiming that he was in jail while fighting over the Karnataka border row. It is true. But that time he was with us. Now, he has changed the party and not uttered a word against Bommai,” stated Thackeray.
The Karnataka state reiterated that not an inch of land would be given to Maharashtra. Why is the Shinde-Fadnavis government not replying to the Karnataka government in the same language ? asked Thackearay. The Bharatiya Janata Party is ruling Karnataka, Maharashtra and Union government, he stated and questioned the central government's role as ‘guardian’ of both the states. Has the central government acted as guardian. We expect the central government to act as the guardian, he said.
He also said (members of) both the Houses should watch the movie 'Case for Justice' and read a book penned by Barrister A R Antulay.
Further, Thackeary said that When the Belagavi Municipal Corporation passed a resolution for merger with Maharashtra, the Karnataka government immediately suspended the corporation. Recently, some Gram Panchayats of Maharashtra had demanded a merger with other states. Does the Shinde government have courage to even act against these gram panchayats? he asked.
Rajya Sabha member and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, Yuva Sena leader Varun Sardesai were present in the visitors' gallery of the House.
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