Sandeep Patil takes charge as the Mangaluru Police Commissioner
Mangaluru: Senior IPS officer Sandeep Patil, on Friday afternoon took charge as the Mangaluru Police Commissioner from TR Suresh, who received his transfer orders on Thursday, in a major reshuffle in the department ahead of General Elections.
Sandeep Patil, who was serving as the DIG of Bengaluru CAR unit, arrived in the city on Friday afternoon on flight and took charge of the post from TR Suresh at about 3.pm here at the commissionerate.
A 2004 batch IPS officer, Sandeep has served in Bellary, Davangere and other places as the superintendent of police, while he has earlier served Mangaluru as the ACP.
During a media briefing soon after taking the charge, Sandeep told reporters that among his main priorities will be safety of women in the city and crackdown on the drugs mafia.
“Apart from these two things, what will also be a priority is the smooth process of 2019 General elections which are due this year” Sandeep added.
“All the schemes, policies and programs initiated by my predecessor, I will take it forward and work on it constantly for the betterment of the city and its law and order” Sandeep further added.
TR Suresh, before leaving the office, met and greeted the media reporters and thanked them for their co-operation throughout his posting as the Commissioner of Mangaluru police.
Suresh was also accorded a Guard of Honor by the city police before he left the office.
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BJP slams move to make CM Siddaramaiah as RDPR varsity chancellor replacing Guv
Bengaluru (PTI): Opposition BJP on Friday condemned the government's move to make the chief minister the chancellor of the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) University replacing the governor, terming it as an attempt to pollute the higher education system.
State BJP president B Y Vijayendra said this attempt to cut down on the powers of the governor is a conspiracy to upset the constitutional system.
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved a bill, according to which the chief minister will be appointed as the chancellor, replacing the governor at the RDPR University in Gadag.
The governor is the chancellor for all public universities in Karnataka.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot currently holds the post.
"With a good intention that politics should not mix in education and as per the intent of the constitution, the Governor who is also the constitutional head of the state is the chancellor of the universities. But the government led by Siddaramaiah (CM), which is engaged in a series of corruption, by abusing its existing powers, is trying to pollute the higher education system," Vijayendra posted on 'X'.
He said the government's move will allow "unnecessary political interference" in the field of rural development studies.
"The Congress government, which has been impatient towards the governor since the beginning, sees him as an enemy to cut down on the powers, and it is a conspiracy to upset the constitutional system. This move of the state government is highly condemnable," he added.
Earlier in September, the cabinet, at a meeting held in Kalaburagi, decided to divest the governor of the power to appoint the vice-chancellor of RDPR University.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil on Thursday defended the government's move and said, "It will make the university more active and quick decisions will be taken...this system is there in many states, including Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh."
