The Election Commission of India spared Director General of Police Javeed Ahmed and Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar despite receiving complaints against them from Opposition parties. Sources however confirmed that the two officers have been directed not to give any direction to their junior collegues regarding the
imminent elections. After initial review of complaints submitted by political parties especially by
the BJP, the Commission had replaced 13 District Magistrates and nine District Police Chiefs two days back. The EC has so far not taken any decision to shift DGP Javeed Ahmed and Chief
Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar and has only asked them to keep themselves away and refrain from issuing directives to their sub-ordinates. Earlier social activist Nutan Thakur, who and her IPS husband Amitabh Thakur had bitter experiences in the present Samawadi Party regime, had written to the ECI and provided a list of officers ‘loyal’ to the SP Government and sought their immediate transfer.