SHILLONG, FEB 7: In a dramatic turn of event, the Election Commission of India (ECI) removed Meghalaya Director General of Police (DGP) Kulbir Kishen and instead appointed senior Additional Director General (Prisons) Prem Singh. Singh will take over on Friday as the new DGP.
The order was issued on Thursday. The transfer is very crucial as it came just few days ahead of the Meghalaya assembly elections slated for February 23. Kishen had been appointed as the new Meghalaya DGP on November 30 by the Congress led coalition government of Mukul Sangma.
According to an ECI central observer who is camping in Shillong, the decision of the ECI to replace Kishen was taken after some political parties and politicians had complaint to the ECI about their apprehension that Kishen is not likely to be neutral during the elections.
The ECI official said,” It is not once but couple of times we got complaints from political parties as well as individual politicians of their apprehension that the conduct of elections might not be neutral, so the ECI decided to replace him with Prem Singh.”
Prem Singh who had earlier served as an acting Meghalaya DGP is seen as one of the most upright officer whose integrity is unquestionable. He does not curry favour to anyone within and outside the political circle. – By Our Reporter
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