Shillong, Oct. 15 -- Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Home, Prestone Tynsong, on Thursday said the state government is following all prescribed procedures to appoint a new Director General of Police (DGP).
Tynsong was responding to the opposition Voice of the People Party (VPP), which had questioned the state government's repeated delays in sending a proposal to the union Public Service Commission (UPSC), stalling the Empanelment Committee Meeting (ECM) required to select Nongrang's successor.
"What delay? When is this present incumbent DGP retiring?" Tynsong asked.
Nongrang, the first woman DGP of Meghalaya and from the North Eastern States, will superannuate on November 23, 2026.
Tynsong said the government was complying w...