Overview
- The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approved Rs 1 crore in assistance for the family of Inspector Ashish Sharma, who was killed in an anti-Naxal operation on November 19.
- Ankit Sharma, the late officer’s younger brother, will receive a compassionate appointment as a Sub-Inspector in the district police force.
- Sharma died during a joint MP–Chhattisgarh operation in Rajnandgaon’s Kauhapani area after an early-morning ambush reported around 7 am.
- Ministers agreed to table a bill to reinstate direct elections for presidents of Nagar Palika and Nagar Parishad, reversing the 2022 shift to indirect voting, with mayoral polls remaining direct.
- Officials highlighted Sharma’s two Presidential gallantry medals, other service honors, and prior out-of-turn promotion, and outlined departmental reviews in early December with the next Cabinet meeting slated for Khajuraho.