Meghalaya police DG quits over appointment of BJP-linked 'security advisor'

Swaraj Bir Singh is apparently miffed over former officer Kulbir Krishan's appointment, as the latter is seen in police circles as 'controversial'

Three months after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s political coup in Meghalaya, when the party leadership, with just two representatives elected to the new assembly, cobbled together a government led by the National People’s Party (NPP), Chief Minister Conrad Sangma is discovering the cost of BJP’s support.

On Monday morning in Shillong, the state’s Director General of Police (DGP) Swaraj Bir Singh, also a Sahitya Akademi Award winner, submitted his resignation to Sangma over the proposed appointment of BJP-linked former police officer, Kulbir Krishan as “security advisor” to the state government.

Singh, who the Sangma government gave an extension of service