Jammu and Kashmir : Former IGP Traffic Basant Rath resigns, will join BJP, will contest elections from Kashmir!

Former IGP Traffic Basant Rath has once again surprised everyone with his decision. Basant Rath has resigned from the Indian Police Service. He has sent resignation letter to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta. He has given information about this by posting a post on his social media. In this, he told that he can soon join electoral politics.

Sharing the copy on Twitter, Basat Rath wrote, ‘I want to resign from the Indian Police Service to take part in electoral politics. Please accept this letter my request for resignation/voluntary retirement and proceed accordingly.’

Will you fight elections from Kashmir?

About seven hours before the tweet of this resignation letter, he has made another tweet, which is getting a lot of response from social media users. In this tweet, he has written, ‘If I ever join any political party, it will be BJP. If I ever contest elections, that region will be Kashmir. If I ever join politics, it will happen before March 6, 2024.

There is a mixed reaction of people on this tweet of former IGP Traffic Basant Rath. On this one user wrote, ‘April Fools in June!’ Another user wrote, ‘Sir, you can’t win from Kashmir on a BJP ticket.’ At the same time, another user wrote to Basant Rath, remembering his famous line, ‘Baba, Mummy is forbidden!! Don’t remember!’

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Was suspended in July 2020, has an old relationship with controversies

In July 2020, Basant Rath was suspended by the Central Government with immediate effect. Then the order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said, “Allegations of gross misconduct and misbehavior against Basant Rath have come to the notice of the government and disciplinary action has been contemplated in this regard.” During the period of suspension, Rath will be headquartered at Jammu and he will not leave it without the permission of the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police.

A few days before this action, Basant Rath had lodged a police complaint against Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh alleging threat to his life and liberty. During that time, the letter written by IPS officer Basant Rath against DGP Dilbag Singh in Jammu and Kashmir became a topic of discussion. He did a lot of posts on Twitter Kangri Career for a person named Dilbagh Singh. However, it did not mention the position of this person. In this, the party of liquor from land to liquor was also mentioned.

Basant Rath had lodged a complaint in the police station that he was facing threat to his life due to some activities of DGP Dilbag Singh. He has said that he does not want to be prosecuted. He is only giving information in this regard. From today onwards if any untoward incident happens to them then they should know which number to dial.

There was a lot of discussion during the traffic tenure

Rath, who was promoted as IGP in 2018, became famous among the people for his effective traffic regulation. However, his tenure as IGP-Traffic was short-lived, as many questioned his style of functioning.

While being SSP traffic in Jammu, Basant Rath had made a lot of headlines. During this tenure, he brought the deteriorating traffic system back on track in a few days. However, many times during this time the photos of him publicly punishing those who disobeyed the traffic rules became very viral on the internet. He had a special fear among commercial vehicle drivers and two wheeler drivers.

Basant Rath is a 2000 cadre IPS officer, studied at JNU

Basant Rath is a 2000 cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. He is an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He was posted as Inspector General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir Police. In the year 2002, Basant Rath was posted for the first time in Mandi of district Poonch. He was born in Uttarkashi village of Pipli in Puri district of Odisha. His father Harshikesh was a village priest and farmer. Basant Rath is also known as ‘Book Baba’. He has also provided books for reading to many needy students till now.