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Major reshuffle expected in Maharashtra Police leadership

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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 ...
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Uproar in council over demand of resignation of Minister Abdul Sattar over land issue

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The proceedings at Legislative Council were stalled by Opposition benches demanding Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar’s resignation over an illegal land regularisation order passed by him when he was a minister in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe adjourned the house for the day due to the uproar.

The High Court stayed Sattar’s order of regularising 37 acres of gairan land (grazing land) in Washim district for private use. Taking cue from the High Court’s order, Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Ambadas Danve raised the issue under Rule 289 of Council. He said, “Sattar illegally alloted the land when he was the Minister of State for Revenue in the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government.” The allotment took place on June 17, 2022 overruling orders of District Court and District Collector, stated Danve. Sattar illegally allotted plots, sand contracts, Agricultural Produce Market Committee at Ratnagiri, Aurangabad, Nagpur overruling orders of District Court, he alleged. Danve demanded that Minister Sattar should be immediately sacked for the illegal allotment.

Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Anil Parab demanded that the house should discuss the matter on priority. “Many illegal land allotment cases are coming to light since the Shinde-Fadnavis government came to power,” he said. The illegal land allotment took place just before Eknath Shinde’s rebelled in the party. As per the orders of the Supreme Court, public utility land cannot be given to any person. However, Sattar did it by overruling orders of Washim District Court, he said and demanded resignation of Sattar.Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Eknath Khadse alleged massive corruption on parts of the minter and said that orders were given to the officials of Agriculture department for collection of Rs 15 crore. Showing coupons of Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000 in the house, Khadse claimed that the government staffers have been given targets to sell these coupons of Cultural show to agriculture stores across the State. Khadse demanded an inquiry into the matter alleging that the Minister of SHinde-Fadnavis government indulged in illegal collection.

As the opposition started slogans for resignation of minister Sattar, Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe adjourned the house for a day. The Council will begin on Tuesday at 11 am.


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