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LUCKNOW: The association of IPS officers on Friday dissociated itself from a senior Uttar Pradesh IPS officer’s remarks about the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, saying that the top police officer’s act “is against the ethos of neutrality, fairness and uprightness that Indian Police Service stands for”.
Surya Kumar Shukla, Director General (DG) Home Guards, Uttar Pradesh had participated in a program and participated in oath taking for construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. His vow for the construction of the temple was captured on camera. In the video, he can also be heard chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ from the dais. The event took place in Lucknow on January 28 but the video surfaced on Friday.
Hours after the video gone viral, the Indian Police Service (Central) Association said: “We disassociate ourselves from the act of a senior #IPS officer as shown in the video & reiterate that it is against the ethos of neutrality, fairness and uprightness that Indian Police Service stands for.”
We disassociate ourselves from the act of a senior #IPS officer as shown in the video & reiterate that it is against the ethos of neutrality, fairness and uprightness that Indian Police Service stands for. pic.twitter.com/PoAxmlFBfL
— IPS Association (@IPS_Association) February 2, 2018
The Opposition has demanded action against the officer.
Congress Spokesman Subodh Srivastava has said that this was a clear violation of the service rules that govern Shukla and demanded that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath take disciplinary action against him.
State Spokesman of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Vaibhav Maheshwari said it was shameful that in a secular country a senior police officer such as Shukla was behaving like this.
“The government and the courts should take note of this immediately and terminate Shukla,” he demanded.
The officer has, however, said the video was “mischief” and should not be taken as anything more.
“All I was doing there was participating in a seminar held in good faith to discuss with Muslims and Hindus a way for the construction of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya,” he said on Friday.
— With Inputs from IANS
