Kerala ADGP Sudesh Kumar removed from post
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 : Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Sudesh Kumar, the chief of the Kerala armed police battalion, was removed from his post on Saturday following complaints of bad behaviour and violation of rules by him and his family members.
Kumar and his family have been in the dock since Thursday when allegations surfaced that his daughter and wife misbehaved with the driver of Kumar's official vehicle -- policeman Gavaskar.
Kumar's daughter Snigdha started abusing Gavaskar and hit him. The injured policeman is now being treated in the Medical College hospital.
With the media taking up the issue, and Gavaskar's wife approaching Chief Minister Vijayan with a complaint of constant harassment meted out to her husband by the Kumar family, Vijayan said on Friday that tough action will be taken.
After a probe, Vijayan's office on Saturday decided to remove Kumar from his post.
According to sources in the know of things, Kumar will be posted in a non-policing job. Besides, more departmental action is also likely to be initiated.
On Saturday, a delegation of the representatives of the police bodies called upon Kerala Police chief Loknath Behera. It was decided in the meeting to set up an association where policemen with grievances against the way they are being treated by their superiors can complain.
Behra also told them that the Crime Branch will conduct a detailed probe into what happened between Gavaskar and Kumar's daughter.
Meanwhile, more complaints have surfaced about the manner in which Kumar and his family behaved with the orderlies in their house and treated them very badly.
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PM Modi has every intention of delaying caste census: Congress
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Thursday said one full year has passed since the government announced a caste census but the details of how this enumeration will be done are still awaited, as it alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has every intention of delaying the exercise.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said today exactly a year ago, the Modi government had announced that caste enumeration of the entire population will be included in the upcoming Census.
"The recent chronology relating to this dramatic U turn by the Prime Minister is this: On July 21 2021, the Home Minister had answered a question in the Lok Sabha asked by a BJP MP Smt Raksha Nikhil Khadse (now a Minister herself) and said that the Government of India had decided as a matter of policy not to enumerate caste-wise population," Ramesh said on X.
On September 21 2021, the Modi government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that any directive by the court to enumerate caste-wise population would be tantamount to interfering with a policy decision already taken by the Modi government, he said
On April 16, 2023, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to the PM demanding an up-to-date caste census as part of the regular census, Ramesh pointed out.
"On April 28 2024, in a television interview to News18 Network, the prime minister attacked the Congress saying that its demand for a caste census was indicative of 'urban naxal' thought," he said.
The prime minister owes the leadership of the Congress an apology for his accusation, Ramesh said, adding that more importantly, he owes the people of India an explanation of why he allowed his mind to be contaminated by "urban naxal" thought when he announced a caste census on April 30, 2025.
"A full year has passed. The details of how this caste enumeration will be done are still awaited. There has been no dialogue with Opposition parties and state governments, let alone with experts in this subject," Ramesh said.
"The President of the Indian National Congress had written to the PM again on May 5, 2025 on the issue of the caste census. That letter was not even acknowledged. The issues raised in that letter remain very valid even now," he said.
In fact, they are more relevant after the recently-concluded special session of Parliament where it was evident that the PM has every intention of delaying the caste census, Ramesh claimed.
