Union home minister said the decision has been taken considering the significant improvement in the security situation in the country's northeastern region.
In a letter to his Maharashtra counterpart Eknath Shinde, Himanta Biswa Sarma said people of the northeastern state were ‘dismayed’ and ‘agitated’ by Bachchu Kadu's remark.
The APSC was embroiled in a cash-for-job scam being investigated by Assam Police, which arrested nearly 70 people, including its former Chairman Rakesh Kumar Paul and 57 civil services officials since 2016.
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday criticised the Punjab government for its failure to arrest Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, asking how the pro-Khalistani radical preacher managed to escape despite the administration having 80,000 police personnel at its disposal.