Ex-DGP, a Mayawati man, joins BJP

“Brijlal is joining the BJP and will start his political innings. During his tenure as IPS, he never compromised with criminal elements and dealt with them with iron hands. He wanted to work under leadership of Narendra Modi,” Bajpai told reporters.

Brijlal was posted as ADG (law and order) soon after BSP came to power in 2007 and was later elevated to state DGP. The Election Commission (EC), however, had removed him from the post of DGP before the 2012 Assembly polls on the complaints of opposition parties and the BJP had then welcomed the EC’s move.

Brij Lal was powerful Dalit officer in Mayawati government and it was speculated that he may join BSP after retirement.