Mumbai city police commissioner Satyapal Singh has resigned to his post yesterday giving indication of joining politics. The 1980 batch IPS officer, sent his resignation letter to Home Minister of Maharashtra RR Patil yesterday in the evening hours and later the letter was forwarded to Chief Minister Prithivraj Chavan.

Rumors are in the air that Satyapal will be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is likely to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Satyapal has been in touch with BJP president Rajnath Singh and former president Nithin Gadkari. Reports say that Satyapal is expecting to contest from Mumbai city itself but BJP is considering him to field from Uttar Pradesh.

However, Aam Aadmi Party has also approached Satyapal. When asked about his political entry, Satyapal did not give any clarity on which party he is going to join. Instead Satyapal asked the media persons to wait for three more days and said that he would reveal all the details of his politics debut soon.

(AW: Vamshi)