Overview
- The state government suspended Kanpur’s CMO Dr. Haridutt Nemi on June 19 after an audio clip of a heated exchange with DM Jitendra Pratap Singh went viral and an official report cited corruption allegations.
- Dr. Uday Nath, Additional CMO of Shravasti, has been appointed as Kanpur’s new CMO, while Nemi will be reassigned to the Directorate General of Medical Health Services in Lucknow.
- At a press conference, Nemi accused the DM of pressuring him to process illicit contracts with a medicine supplier and announced his intention to legally challenge the suspension.
- BJP MLAs in Kanpur remain divided over the feud, with figures like Satish Mahana advocating for Nemi’s retention and others, including Abhijeet Singh Sanga, calling for his dismissal.
- Opposition leaders seized on the dispute to decry administrative failures and underscore a wider power struggle within the UP BJP between Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak.