Outgoing DGP Sood lauds police force for conducting Assembly elections in K'taka in peaceful manner
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood, who will proceed to New Delhi to take charge as the next CBI Director, on Monday expressed his gratitude to the police force for conducting the 'most peaceful elections ever' without any untoward incident.
He also gave a piece of advice to those helming the police force in Karnataka to keep the constabulary and citizens in mind before spending money.
Calling the Karnataka police force as his extended family, he expressed his good wishes to the constabulary, officers and his colleagues in the department.
"This state police is my extended family. I wish them all the best. I thank them for having conducted the most peaceful elections ever," Sood told PTI during a farewell parade organised in his honour.
After the parade, Sood handed over charge to senior IPS officer Dr Alok Mohan, Commandant General of Home Guards, who has been given an additional charge as DGP of the state by the Karnataka government.
"Over 58,000 polling booths and not a single incident. Almost 500 VIP visits and not a single incident. On the occasion, I thank my constabulary, my officers and colleagues," he said about the recently held Assembly elections in Karnataka.
Sood said this was his last day in police uniform in Karnataka before proceeding on Central deputation.
"I have full satisfaction of having worked in this state, which has given everything not only to me but also my entire family," he said.
To his successor, he said he will never go wrong whenever they take initiatives keeping the police and citizens in mind.
"I hope that the new leadership, which is going to take charge today, when they do anything in the department and spend any money, they (should) keep the constabulary and citizens as their focus. If their focus is clear, they will never go wrong."
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar takes oath as Rajya Sabha member
New Delhi (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha, marking the end of his two-decade rule in the eastern state and paving the way for a new chief minister.
The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan in his chamber at a brief ceremony. The Chairman later welcomed him as a member of the Upper House and also on his return in Parliament.
Kumar took the oath in Hindi in the presence of Union Minister J P Nadda, who is also leader of the house, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Panchayati Raj Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ram Nath Thakur and Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal.
Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Chaudhary was also present at the oath-taking.
JDU leader and party's working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh, besides BJP MP and former union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy and BJP chief whip in Lok Sabha Sanjay Jaiswal, were among those present during the oath-taking.
"Vice President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, administered the oath to Shri Nitish Kumar as an elected Member of Rajya Sabha, from Bihar, at Parliament House today," the Vice President's office said on X, while sharing pictures of the oath-taking.
After the oath-taking, Kumar came out of the new Parliament building and spoke about the time he was a member of the Lok Sabha and sat in the old Parliament building.
As Kumar assumes the Rajya Sabha role, it marks the end of his long two-decade rule in Bihar. Kumar will soon resign as chief minister and the NDA is likely to elect a new chief minister of Bihar on April 14.
He has already resigned as a member of the State Legislative Council on March 30 after he was elected to Rajya Sabha.
The JD(U) supremo was elected to the Upper House of Parliament on March 16, and he had to quit as an MLC in the 14-day period after his election.
