Alok Verma Resigns

A BJP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh, not chosen as a candidate for next month's national election, handed over his resignation to the guard, or chowkidar, of the BJP office in Lucknow. The gesture is loaded, at the height of the BJP's "Main Bhi Chowkidar" campaign.

The Home Ministry has decided to take action against former CBI boss Alok Verma for not taking charge as Director General, Fire Services after he was sacked as the chief of the country's premier investigation agency earlier this month.

Alok Verma, a day after he was removed as the CBI chief and transferred as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards, has refuse to take up the new job and sent his resignation to the government.

Alok Verma, removed as CBI director on Friday, resigned and refused to take charge as chief of fire services a day after he was removed from the high-profile investigating agency by a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A BJP lawmaker in Uttar Pradesh, not chosen as a candidate for next month's national election, handed over his resignation to the guard, or chowkidar, of the BJP office in Lucknow. The gesture is loaded, at the height of the BJP's "Main Bhi Chowkidar" campaign.

The Home Ministry has decided to take action against former CBI boss Alok Verma for not taking charge as Director General, Fire Services after he was sacked as the chief of the country's premier investigation agency earlier this month.

Alok Verma, a day after he was removed as the CBI chief and transferred as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards, has refuse to take up the new job and sent his resignation to the government.

Alok Verma, removed as CBI director on Friday, resigned and refused to take charge as chief of fire services a day after he was removed from the high-profile investigating agency by a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.