ED official Rajeshwar Singh seeks premature retirement, may fight UP poll

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 22

Rajeshwar Singh, a senior officer in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the rank of Joint Director, has made an application with the government seeking premature retirement from the services. Sources indicated that he was likely to join the BJP and contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

The first indication of his resignation and joining politics came from Rajeshwar’s lawyer sister Abha Singh, who in one of her Twitter post said, “Congratulations to my brother Rajeshwar Singh of the ED for opting for early retirement to serve the country. Nation needs you.”

In another tweet she said, “Rajeshwar Singh is a very intelligent and dedicated officer. In fact I would say he is very courageous to walk out of a powerful organisation like the ED while he still had 12 years of service left.”

Rajeshwar, who is currently posted at the ED’s zonal office in Lucknow, is a BTech and PhD in policy, human rights and social justice. He joined the federal anti-money laundering probe agency in 2009 on deputation from Uttar Pradesh, where he was serving as a state police service officer.

Sources in the BJP said there were chances that he might join the party in Uttar Pradesh and also contest the Assembly polls. But his application for resignation is yet to be accepted, they added.