Congress has demanded that the Maharashtra government’s decision to appoint Sanjay Kumar Verma as the new Director General of Police only for the Assembly election be scrapped. State unit president Nana Patole has written a letter to the Election Commission of India to intervene to make Verma’s assignment permanent.

Verma replaced Rashmi Shukla on Tuesday following ECI’s directive to remove her. The Congress that had complained to the ECI against Shukla has claimed the credit for her removal. Party’s chief spokesperson Atul Londhe demanded on Wednesday that the government’s decision didn’t mention Verma’s appointment was permanent in nature, but only for the period of the state elections. He told a media conference that the party will move the courts if the decision was not changed.