By IANS
New Delhi : A former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, S.C. Tripathi, was Monday appointed advisor to K. Sankaranarayanan, the Governor of Nagaland, which was brought under president’s rule last week.
Tripathi, former Director General of Police, is a 1963 batch officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
The union government Jan 3 imposed president’s rule in Nagaland, keeping the state assembly in suspended animation following political uncertainty triggered by a controversial no-confidence vote.
President Pratibha Patil gave her assent to the recommendation by the central cabinet to dismiss the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-backed Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government, two months before it was due to complete its five-year term.
State chief minister Neiphiu Rio survived a controversial no-confidence motion in the assembly Dec 13, 2007. The motion was defeated 23 to 19 in the 60-member house after the speaker barred three independents from taking part in the voting and held that the votes of nine dissident Nagaland People’s Front members were invalid.