PATNA, Jan. 7 -- Barely six days after assuming the charge of chairman of the Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC), a 1989-batch former IPS officer Alok Raj on Tuesday resigned from the post after allegedly getting caught in the political crossfire. Prior to this, he was in-charge of this post for the last one year. A DG-rank officer, who also worked as DGP for a couple of months, he retired from the Indian Police Service (IPS) on December 31. Later, the General Administration Department (GAD) issued a fresh notification appointing him for a full five-year term as the BSSC chairman. He also shared his vision on Monday with media about his plans to conduct forthcoming exams. However, a senior official familiar with the matter said that Raj's appointment for a full term on a post that has many takers did not go down well with a section in the government and there was a move to change his notification to "till further orders". Senior officials at the helm also made it known to Raj that it would be difficult for him to continue, as the a section within the government was not happy, but getting removed would send a wrong signal. With inter-level BSSC exams involving over 35 lakh candidates and graduate-level exam involving around 10 lakh candidates in the people line and controversial track record of the BSSC, with one chairman arrested in 2017, Raj decided to resign with self respect, citing personal reasons. When asked about the sudden reason, Raj said that he had resigned citing 'personal reasons'. "It is a comprehensive term. I am not used to taking the kind of pressure that I saw coming and there were ample indications that I should resign. I have been a disciplined officer of the IPS and I got the message and resigned," he added, without further elaborating. "Some times some decisions are unavoidable and they have to be taken, as a person has no choice," said Raj. Another senior official said that changing the notification issued by the government within five days would have become embarrassing for the government, which Raj saved it from with his sudden resignation. "In fact, the message to change the notification had reached on January 2 itself, but it would have sent a wrong message about the government's indecisiveness close on the heels of the indecision of 26 IPS officers on December 31, which led to all the promoted officers remaining on the same post which got upgraded," he added....