Former Bihar Police DG becomes sanyasi

June 25, 2021

Patna: Gupteshwar Pandey, the 1987 batch IPS officer who had taken VRS in September last year to contest the Bihar Assembly elections has now become a full time preacher of religious scriptures.

He has started a week-long discourse through virtual mode on Bhagwat Gita from today, which he says is the auspicious day of Jayeshta Shukla Panchami in Hindu calender.

He has invited people to join his “Bhagwat Vachan Amrit” every day.The invitation card has a picture of the former police head of Bihar dressed in yellow. It offers free lessons on Dharma-Karma.He is now concentrating on teachings of Ram Charit Manas and Bhagwat Gita only .

Pandey, who had repeatedly declared last year that he may contest from any constituency in Bihar as people loved him, was disappointed both by JDU and the BJP as he was denied nominations from Buxar, his native district. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had inducted him with great fan fare at the JDU office, but later, doors of the CM house were shut for the former DGP, who had played the role of an artiste and folk singer to popularise the prohibition campaign of the Chief Minister among students and teachers in rural areas

As DG of police, last year he was more vocal than any JDU leader in demanding CBI probe into the mysterious death of film star Sushant Singh Rajput. His contributions were ignored by the Chief Minister.

While Pandey was denied JDU ticket, his batchmate Sunil Kumar was fielded by Nitish Kumar from Bhorey in Gopalganj and was even inducted into the Cabinet as excise and prohibition minister.This added salt to the wounds of Pandey.

Pandey was hoping for nomination to the Vidhan Parishad also, but this too was denied to him by the Chief Minister.When the jumbo sized state executive committee of JDU was announced, his name was missing there too.

These developments seem to have a definite impact on Pandey, who has now vowed to take to “Vairagya and Bhakti (Renunciation and devotion). He visited Hanumangarhi in Ayodhya last week and appealed to Lord Hanuman to ease his way towards renunciation. He claims Hanuman is his favourite (Istdev).

Pandey has abandoned urban dress and is now wearing yellow coloured dhoti and scarf. He visited his child hood school- Ram Chabutara Ashram in Buxar and sought blessings of the saints for his journey to a state of detachment.

The former DGP who was popular with the political leaders has now shut his doors for them and is totally devoted to religious scriptures and text books.

—INDIA NEWS STREAM