New Delhi: Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, former IPS officer Aseem Arun joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Lucknow. Talking to the media during the program, the former IPS officer said that he is impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who gave a new path of development to the country.
He said, “BJP suggested me to join politics and contribute more in social work. During my tenure I could not do much, so I decided to enter politics. I am also influenced by PM Modi. , who have made a new contribution.” path of development,” said the former IPS officer.
Asim Arun joins BJP A few days after taking voluntary retirement from service. Union Minister Anurag Thakur and BJP UP President Swatantra Dev Singh welcomed him into the party. The 1994 batch senior IPS officer had taken to Twitter to announce his VRS from the post of Kanpur Police Commissioner, sparking speculation that he would join the BJP and contest the upcoming assembly elections.
An Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)-rank officer, 51-year-old Asim Arun had earlier headed the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad, 112 services besides police forces in districts like Aligarh, Gorakhpur and Agra.
Aseem Arun He is believed to have won the confidence of CM Yogi Adityanath, who chose to appoint him as the first police commissioner of Kanpur. His father, Shri Ram Arun was the DGP of UP in 1997 during the tenure of former CM Late Kalyan Singh. Shri Ram, who passed away in August 2018, is said to have conceived the idea of the UP Special Task Force (STF).
Former IAS Officer Ram Bahadur:
Former IAS officer Ram Bahadur formally joined BJP in January 2022. Bahadur had contested the 2017 assembly elections on a BSP ticket and contested from Mohanlalganj seat. However, he had to face defeat by a small margin of around 530 votes. After 2017, Bahadur had formed his own political party Nagrik Ekta Party and has been active on various social and political issues.
Ram Bahadur has been close to BSP chief Mayawati. As vice-chairman of the Lucknow Development Authority, he had taken some very difficult decisions, including cracking down on illegal encroachments. He is said to have been a member of the All India Backward Classes (SC, ST, OBC) and Minority Community Employees Association (BAMCEF), the ideological source of the BSP founded by Kanshi Ram.
Former IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma:
IAS officer Arvind Kumar Sharma, who joined BJP after taking voluntary retirement, has been appointed as the vice-president of the party’s Uttar Pradesh unit. After working closely with Narendra Modi for nearly 20 years, first in the Chief Minister’s Office of Gujarat and then after Modi became Prime Minister at the Centre, Arvind Kumar Sharma joined the BJP.
A 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, Sharma took voluntary retirement earlier this week, more than a year before his retirement in July 2022. Sharma was inducted into the party in the presence of Uttar Pradesh BJP unit president Swatantra Dev Singh and the deputy chief minister. Dinesh Sharma.
Former UP DGP Brij Lal:
Former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Brijlal joined the BJP in the presence of party’s state in-charge Om Mathur and senior party officials. Lal was a trusted officer of Mayawati. He was first made additional director general of law and order and later the state’s DGP. He also enjoyed the trust of former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh and is known to be an effective administrator.
He held multiple charges of ADG-Law and Order, Crime, Special Task Force and Anti-Terrorist Squad during Mayawati’s tenure as Chief Minister from 2007 to 2012. He was later promoted as the top police officer of the state and made the DGP during the final months. Mayawati’s government. The Election Commission later removed him from the post of DGP during the 2012 assembly elections on complaints from the Samajwadi Party and the Congress that he was acting like a BSP agent.
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Satya Pal Singh:
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had fielded the then Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh from Baghpat. Singh defeated then MP and RLD chief Ajit Singh by over 2 lakh votes. He was later appointed as a junior minister in the Union Ministry of Human Resources. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Satya Pal again won the Baghpat seat, this time defeating Ajit Singh’s son Jayant Choudhary.
Former IAS Kunwar Fateh Bahadur:
Uttar Pradesh cadre officer Kunwar Fateh Bahadur Singh has joined Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party. Immediately, he was made the spokesperson of the party, representing the party in media debates, for the first time with the BSP. Kunwar Fateh Bahadur of 1981 batch has retired and joined BSP.
Fateh Bahadur, a longtime confidante of Mayawati, held important positions of principal secretary of the home and appointments departments during Mayawati’s rule as chief minister from 2007-2012. In fact, law and order was generally appreciated by the people during the Mayawati regime, with Fateh Bahadur as the head of the Home Department.
Former IAS Panna Lal Punia:
After his retirement in 2005, Punia joined the Congress and contested the 2007 assembly elections from Fatehpur, but Mayawati made all efforts to ensure her defeat. A close confidante of BSP chief Mayawati – she had been Mayawati’s principal secretary in 1995, 1997 and 2002 – contested from Fatehgarh but lost to BSP’s Mita Gautam.
In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Congress gave him a ticket to contest from Barabanki, which he won. Punia, however, lost to Priyanka Rawat of the BJP in 2014. Then he was taken to the Rajya Sabha.
Former IPS officer Ahmed Hassan:
Former IPS officer Ahmed Hassan joined the Samajwadi Party after retirement and has served as a minister in the SP government. He has been the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and is close to both Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav. He currently serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. He has previously served as the Minister of Health and Minister of Education in the Samajwadi government.
He was promoted to the rank of DIG in 1989 and retired in 1992 after rendering illustrious service for more than 30 years in the police force. In 1994, Ahmed Hassan joined the Samajwadi Party to continue working for the upliftment of the weaker sections of the society.
Former PCS Officer Shyam Singh Yadav:
BSP MP Shyam Singh Yadav is a former PCS officer who joined BSP just before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Retired Director General of Police Brijlal joined BJP after retirement and was sent to Rajya Sabha in 2020.
Former bureaucrat Tribhuvan Ram:
Politics has former bureaucrat Tribhuvan Ram who retired as chief engineer of PWD and then joined BSP. He served as MLA and later joined BJP.
Former IPS officer BP Singhal:
BP Singhal, a former IPS officer and brother of late VHP leader Ashok Singhal, was sent to the Rajya Sabha after joining the BJP after retirement.
Former IPS officer Shirish Chandra said:
Shirish Chandra Dixit was among the first IPS officers who joined the BJP in the 1980s and played a key role in the Ayodhya temple movement. He was also elected to the 10th Lok Sabha from Varanasi.
Devendra Bahadur Rai:
Devendra Bahadur Rai, who was SSP Faizabad in 1992 when the Babri Masjid demolition took place, later joined the BJP after retirement and became an MP from Sultanpur.
Retired IAS Officer Devi Dayal:
Retired IAS officer Devi Dayal also joined Congress after retirement and even contested Lok Sabha elections.
Former IPS officer Mahendra Singh Yadav:
Former IPS officer Mahendra Singh Yadav had taken voluntary retirement from service and became MLA from SP. His wife Neera Yadav was the Chief Secretary in UP.
other:
Bureaucrats including SK Verma, RP Shukla and Baba Hardev joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal after retirement, while some others formed their own party.
Former IAS officer Chanderpal formed the Adarsh Samaj Party and former PCS Tapendra Prasad formed the Samyak Party. Both could not do anything special in politics.
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