indore close to the heels of bajrang dal lathicharge controversy convenor of the right wing group tannu sharma was removed from the post and assigned new responsibilitiesvhp claimed that the move was a routine exercise after sharmas threeyear tenure ended sharma had recently hogged limelight when he led activists in a protest at palasia police station alleging rampant sale of drugs and other law and order issues police lathicharged the protesters accusing them of pelting stones and damaging vehiclesthe controversy escalated when sharma and his colleagues threatened not to support bjp in the coming assembly elections if action was not taken against the policemen involved subsequently a dcp and an inspector were removed sending a wave of resentment among police forcesharma who was made the bajrang dal malwa prant balopasana pramukh was replaced by praveen darekar vhp malwa prant sah prachar pramukh ravi kasera said bajrang dal is one of the 18 units of vhp in which general tenure for any post is three years sharma had completed around four yearssharmas replacement by darekar was one of the 50 such decisions taken during a threeday vhp meeting held recently he saidkasera said vhp has decided that the protest against spread of drug addiction and generating awareness against it in the society will continuea high level probe by adg vipin maheshwari is underway in the palasia incident statements of some vhp and bajrang dal activists have also been recorded the vhp leader said adding currently the organization does not plan to do anything in this matter in four years as bajrang dal city convenor sharma has also caught headlines when he raised objectionable slogans during protest staged against bollywood movie pathaan