IAS Officer Removed Before Jharkhand Polls Reinstated As Ranchi Deputy Commissioner
NDTV
The decision to bring Manjunath Bhajantri back to the post was taken hours after Hemant Soren took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
The Hemant Soren government has reinstated Manjunath Bhajantri as the Ranchi district deputy commissioner (DC), from which he was removed by the EC before the Assembly elections following a complaint by the BJP, according to a notification. आज उपायुक्त, रांची के रूप में पदभार ग्रहण किया।IPRD Jharkhand pic.twitter.com/Jppt5eqokt
The decision to bring Mr Bhajantri back to the post was taken hours after JMM leader Hemant Soren took oath as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
The 2011 batch IAS officer was appointed as Ranchi DC by the Hemant Soren government on September 30 ahead of the polls which took place in two phases - November 20 and 23. He was removed on October 15 following a complaint by the BJP legal cell to the Chief Electoral Officer and shifted to Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society as its CEO.
