Raipur: Raipur district collector P. Chouhdhury, who has been credited with transforming education in Naxal-infested Bastar in Chhattisgarh, has resigned from his service to “serve people” of the state. He is set to join ruling BJP and may be projected as OBC face of the party in the upcoming assembly elections in the state, scheduled to held by end of the year.
The 2005-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer’s resignation was accepted by the Centre on Saturday, an official spokesman of Chhattisgarh government told this newspaper. “Life has provided me many challenging opportunities ever since I joined the civil service 13 years ago….I now want to serve my state and my people. Hence, I am resigning from IAS”, he tweeted. “We have yet to hear from the Central leadership regarding Mr Choudhury’s induction in the party”, a BJP spokesman here told this newspaper.
