Anil Deshmukh: Want to ask Fadnavis if he will campaign for Gupteshwar Pandey, a person who defamed Maharashtra

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has taken a jibe at BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, asking if he will campaign for Bihar's former Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey. 

Deshmukh said,"I want to ask Devendra Fadnavis if he will campaign for Gupteshwar Pandey (Former Bihar DGP), a person who defamed Maharashtra."

Ahead of Bihar Assembly polls, Fadnavis has been appointed as party's Bihar in-charge.

Bihar's former Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey on September 27 joined the state's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U).

Pandey, who had taken voluntary retirement from the Indian Police Service a few days back, said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had called him at his residence in the morning and asked him to join the party.

Pandey came into the limelight in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, after the state police registered an FIR in connection with the actor's death, following a complaint by Rajput's father who lives in Patna. Moreover, he sent a team headed by an IPS officer to Mumbai to probe the case despite the issues of jurisdiction. This had drawn flak from Maharashtra's ruling parties, including the Shiv Sena.

Since than, Pandey was again targeted by the Shiv Sena, whose leader Sanjay Raut alleging that he had the agenda of using the Sushant case for political mileage.

However, Pandey denied all the allegations against him, claiming that he was just helping Sushant's father get justice.

I want to ask Devendra Fadnavis if he will campaign for Gupteshwar Pandey (Former Bihar DGP), a person who defamed Maharashtra: State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh#BiharElectionspic.twitter.com/4otV7tRRd1

— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2020