"Till the new appointee takes charge, Anand Kumar, additional director-general (law and order) will look after the day-to-day affairs," Kumar had said. A home ministry official said: "Singh's file was still being processed at the Union home ministry and the sudden announcement of Singh's name as the next DGP irked the PMO. Singh, a 1983-batch Uttar Pradesh-cadre IPS officer, is now on central deputation and heads the CISF that reports to the Union home ministry. The PMO is miffed with the way his name was announced without waiting for clearance from the Centre," the home ministry official added. The decision to make his services available is stuck as power play is at work," an official said.

Source: The Telegraph January 16, 2018 21:45 UTC