Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday expressed his opposition “in the strongest terms” in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the selection of a new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
In his letter, which the Congressman posted on social media platform
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Dear Prime Minister,
I am writing to you in your capacity as Chairman of the Committee constituted to recommend the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, to register my opposition to its proceedings.
Your government has repeatedly abused the RBI, which was intended to be India’s premier investigative agency, to target political opponents, journalists, and critics. In order to prevent such institutional capture, the Leader of the Opposition is included in the selection committee. It is unfortunate that you have continued to deny me any important role in this process.
Despite repeated written requests, I was not provided with self-evaluation reports or comprehensive reports for qualified candidates. Instead, I was expected to examine the evaluation records of sixty-nine candidates for the first time during the committee meeting. 360 degree reports to me were completely rejected. A detailed review of these records is critical to evaluating each candidate’s history and performance. This deliberate denial of information, without any legal basis, makes a mockery of the selection process and ensures that only the previously identified candidate is selected.
I remind you that I registered my opposition at the previous meeting on May 5, 2025. I also wrote to you on October 21, 2025, proposing measures for a fair and transparent process, to which I have not even received a response.
By depriving the selection committee of crucial information, the government has reduced this information to a mere formality. The opposition leader is not a rubber stamp. I cannot waive my constitutional duty to participate in this biased practice.
I therefore oppose this in the strongest terms.
sincerely,
Rahul Gandhi
CBI to get a new director soon
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is shortlisting senior IPS officials from 1989 to 1992 batches for consideration for the post of next CBI Director.
As previously reported by HT, the officers believed to be in the race include Parag Jain, the current head of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW); Ajay Kumar Sharma; Shatrujit Singh Kapoor; History Sadanand, Maharashtra DGP; JP Singh, Director General, Central Reserve Police Force; Piyush Anand, Director General, National Disaster Response Force; and Satish Gulcha, the current Delhi Police Commissioner, among others.
Current director Praveen Sood is serving a one-year extension beyond his scheduled two-year term. However, people familiar with the matter told HT that Sood is also under consideration.
