Maharashtra News: The preparations for the assembly elections to be held in Maharashtra this year are gaining momentum. All the political parties are preparing to enter the electoral fray with full force. In this connection, former Director General of Police of Maharashtra Sanjay Pandey has also announced to contest the elections on Friday. He said that he is going to contest the upcoming assembly elections in the state from Versova constituency of Mumbai.
Pandey said, I have been thinking of entering active politics for a long time. But this time it is certain that I will contest the assembly elections.
Sanjay Pandey will contest the election as an independent candidate
While talking to PTI, Sanjay Pandey said that till now I have decided to contest as an independent candidate from that constituency. He said that he has the support of all the people where he has been living for the last several years. Pandey said that he has not yet contacted any political party to contest the elections. Sanjay Pandey, who has been the Police Commissioner of Mumbai, said that he will form his own political organization. The process of registration of which was going on.
Sanjay Pandey was arrested in the phone tapping case
Let us tell you that Sanjay Pandey was arrested by the CBI in September 2022 in the alleged phone tapping case. Later, the Delhi High Court granted him bail. After the arrest, Sanjay Pandey came into a lot of discussions. Along with this, the CBI also registered a case against Sanjay Pandey’s ISEC Services Company. 2 audited stock brokers were audited by this company. The CBI had alleged that many irregularities were found in the audit but due to lack of sufficient evidence, the CBI could not file a closure report. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer. He has studied from IIT Kanpur.