Forced to retire, ex-IPS officer registers with BJP

Jammu, August 10

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Days after the Central Government ordered his premature retirement for indiscipline, former IPS officer Basant Rath on Thursday registered himself as a BJP activist online and sought blessings of people for what he called an “uphill trek called politics”.

The IGP-rank officer, who was under suspension for the past over three years for “repeated instances of gross misconduct and misbehavior”, was given premature retirement.

Meanwhile, BJP’s J&K chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi said, “Anyone can join as a member of the BJP using an online facility. It is the party leadership which finally takes a call whether the individual is inducted. In BJP, there is no place for indiscipline.”