Rashmi Shukla Reappointed As Maharashtra DGP After Mahayuti Win

Rashmi Shukla had met Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio in the outgoing government, on Sunday, day after Mahayuti victory in the assembly polls.

Rashmi Shukla has been reappointed as the Maharashtra DGP.

Rashmi Shukla has been reappointed as Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) two days after Mahayuti win in the assembly polls. 

The Election Commission earlier this month transferred Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla with immediate effect on November 4. The EC had shifted Shukla temporarily after Congress alleged that she showed a clear bias against the opposition, pointing out that she was accused of illegal phone tapping.

Shukla had met Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio in the outgoing government, on Saturday, on the day of counting of votes for Maharashtra assembly. Fadnavis's office said it was a courtesy call post the election. The Congress had demanded that the EC take action against the IPS officer for allegedly violating the model code of conduct during the Maharashtra assembly elections by meeting Fadnavis. The IPS officer reportedly met Fadnavis at his official residence on the evening of November 23.

IPS officer Sanjay Kumar Verma was appointed the Director General of Police of Maharashtra after Shukla was temporarily shifted from the post for the election. 

Rashmi Shukla, a 1988-batch IPS officer, has been the state’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP). She is considered as Fadnavis’s blue-eyed officer and has served as the commissioner of the State Intelligence Department (SID), according to a report in The Indian Express.