Former DGP of Bihar Gupteshwar Pandey, who recently took voluntary retirement from service (VRS), joined the JD(U) on Sunday, 27 September, in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, at his residence in Patna.
Speaking to ANI, he said, “I was called by chief minister himself and asked to join. Whatever the party asks me to do, I will do. I don’t understand politics. I am a simple person who has spent his time working for the downtrodden sections of society.”
Pandey took VRS less than half a year before he was scheduled to after the Bihar government approved his retirement on 15 September.
(With inputs from ANI)
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