IPS officer gets show cause notice for praising Modi

January 22, 2014 15:49

CNN-IBN reports: A Bihar Police official was served a show cause notice for delivering a political speech during which he referred to BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

RK Mishra, a 1986 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was served the notice for his speech at a function in Darbhanga district in November held to mark the death anniversary of noted Mithila poet Vidyapati.

He reportedly cited the example of Modi's address in Maithili language at a rally in Patna on Oct 27 last year, to exhort the masses to champion the cause of the language.

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