Seven months ago, he started his own YouTube channel and got professionals to manage his Facebook and Twitter accounts. Then, he took on the Opposition for questioning the Bihar government’s handling of a triple murder case in Gopalganj. Last month, he became the face of the state’s pursuit of the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case.
On Sunday, it all fell into place.
Within just five days of taking voluntary retirement, his three-month notice period waived off, former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey joined the ruling JD(U) in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
The next step? “I will follow the instructions of the party,” he said. But JD(U) sources confirmed that the 59-year-old 1987-batch IPS officer is in the running for a party ticket from Buxar or Shahpur for the state polls starting October 28 — or the Lok Sabha bypoll in Valmiki Nagar, which is expected to be held during the same period.
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