Chandigarh: Navjot Singh Sidhu has abused during a press conference in Chandigarh. Actually Sidhu was telling the media about the schemes of Charanjit Singh Channi government. During this, in response to a question, he said that I am saying that our plan is not that… the urban guarantee that someone has given us… @ # $ @ .. However after that he went ahead. On the other hand, the Punjab government has appointed Siddharth Chattopadhyay as the acting Director General of Police (DGP) of the state under the pressure of Sidhu. Chattopadhyay will replace those whom state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu wanted to be removed from the post. Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Siddharth Chattopadhyay has replaced senior IPS officer Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota.
The order to appoint Chattopadhyay as acting DGP was issued late on Thursday night. Chattopadhyay, a 1986 batch IPS officer, will hold the charge till he is appointed as the regular DGP from a panel of three IPS officers to be ‘shortlisted’ by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). UPSC will meet in Delhi on December 21 to ‘shortlist’ the panel of three officers from the Punjab government’s list of 10 officers. Chattopadhyay will also continue to hold the post of Chief Director of Vigilance Bureau.
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1986-batch IPS officer Siddharth Chattopadhyaya assumes additional charge of Punjab DGP
He will continue to hold the charge of DGP, PSPCL, Patiala, besides the additional charge as Chief Director, State Vigilance Bureau: State Govt pic.twitter.com/3dkx35OOYc
– ANI (@ANI) December 17, 2021
Sahota, a 1988-batch IPS officer, was appointed as the caretaker DGP after Charanjit Singh Channi became the Chief Minister of Punjab in September. Sahota was considered to be Channi’s choice. However, Congress’ Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has been pressurizing him to replace him. The previous Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government had appointed Sahota as the head of the Special Investigation Team set up into sacrilege incidents.
Sidhu is understood to have supported Chattopadhyay’s name as DGP after Channi became the chief minister of Punjab after Amarinder Singh. Last month, the Channi-led government had removed state Advocate General APS Deol following strong protests by Sidhu. Later, Senior Advocate DS Patwalia was appointed as Advocate General. (with agency input)