Kolkata, Mar 30 (Representative) Former cop Debashish Dhar, who was a terror to the terrorist outfits of Northeast during his brief stint at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and nabbed nearly half a dozen underground leaders, has been named by the BJP’s central committee to contest for the saffron brigade in coming to West Bengal’s Birbhum Lok Sabha seat. The young IPS officer, who quit the service on personal grounds barely a few weeks ago after being posted on compulsory waiting since the TMC government retained the power for the 3rd consecutive term in the May 2021 assembly poll, was named by the BJP and faces the new challenge. politically, for which he was allegedly a victim, party sources said on Sunday. Besides the 2008 batch of former IPS officers, the BJP also named Dr. Pranat Tudu, a former government hospital medic, to fight his electoral fate in Jhargram, a tribal-dominated district of Jangalmahal in the state. Tudu also recently quit the government job at the Jhargram Medical Hospital and practicing privately.
Debashish Dhar, who was the SP of Cooch Behar district during 2021 assembly poll, came to light after he gave an official statement. that four people were killed when the CRPF had to open fire after being attacked by an angry mob, who also EVMs, and ransacked a polling booth. at Sitalkuchi. All the victims were from the minority community. Dhar was suspended in mid-May, for which he fought a legal battle. reinstatement, which he won, but the state government sent him to compulsory waiting. Dhar told a YouTube channel on Sunday that he never expected such a treatment as a police officer by a government without allowing him to defend departmentally the government action. “I don’t know why such a thing happened to me as an SP of Cooch Behar. for which the ECI had appointed me for the election.”
“In fact, we had no access to the polling areas where all the central forces were deployed,” Dhar clarified. He said during his brief stint as the CBI officer for Northeast states, he had arrested six top-ranking terror leaders, including that of Arvind Muivah of NSCN (IM) and brother of Isak Muivah. Dhar said he joined the party to serve the people in large numbers. another 20 years under the leadership of Narendra Modi before taking Sanyas for good, live in an isolated region, and seek salvation. While Dhar has been pitted against TMC’s three-time MP, Satabdi Roy, Tudu will have to contest against Kalipada Soren, a Sathali author, and a Padma Shri awardee. The BJP has so far fielded 40 candidates in West Bengal out of 42 Lok Sabha seats. The saffron brigade has yet to announce candidates for two seats. Diamond Harbor and Asansol. The BJP on the first list had named Bhojpuri singer and actor Pawan Singh. for Asansol, but the candidate immediately resigned his candidacy for personal reasons.