Chandigarh DGP’s tweet expressing gratitude creates a flutter on twitter
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 3
A tweet by Chandigarh DGP Sanjay Baniwal, over attaining the DGP scale, in which he thanked Lord Ram, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore, received mixed response from twitter users.
The tweet posted two days ago has received around 2,990 likes, 358 retweets and 451 comments so far.
Many bureaucrats, including IAS and IPS officers, besides others congratulated Baniwal on attaining the DGP scale.
With grace of Prabhu Shri Ram, blessings of parents and Guru Ma and astute guidance of honble PM @narendramodi, honble HM @AmitShah and HE Governor of Punjab @vpsbadnore, I feel humbled on attaining the DGP scale today.
Need prayers for visible performance !! pic.twitter.com/7Ve59B7x9g— DGP Chandigarh Police (@DgpChdPolice) September 1, 2020
However, Baniwal’s gratitude towards Modi and Shah didn’t go down well with few twitter users, who trolled him.
One of the comments on the post stated: “Disgusting. These promotions should be based on the grace of merit and experience. I feel sorry for the people of Chandigarh.”
Another comment mentioned, “What about your dignity as an IPS officer? Has Narendra Modi and his party selected you as an IPS officer? Does Prabhu Sri Ram favours only a few? Just be the man you are.”
“DGP sahab is ensuring his entry into the good books of ruling establishment,” read another comment.
Baniwal is a 1989-batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre and has been posted in Chandigarh since 2018.
The DGP didn’t respond to the call made to him for his comments.
