Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his opposition to the process of selecting India’s central bank director, alleging that the process was “biased”.
Gandhi said he could not “abdicate” his constitutional responsibility by participating in the process, and asserted that the opposition leader was “not a rubber stamp.”
“I have written to the Prime Minister registering my objection to the selection process of CBI director. I cannot abdicate my constitutional duty by participating in a biased process,” Rahul Gandhi said on X programme.
He added in the post: “The opposition leader is not a rubber stamp.”
Earlier, Gandhi had also submitted a formal note of opposition during a selection committee meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi, rejecting the government’s nominee, Raj Kumar Goyal, for the post of Chief Information Commissioner.
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What is happening?
Gandhi was seen leaving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg after attending a meeting on the appointment of the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The high-level selection committee comprises Prime Minister Modi, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of the Opposition.
Earlier, HT had reported that the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) was preparing a shortlist of senior IPS officers from the 1989 to 1992 batches for the committee’s consideration.
Among the officers believed to be in the running include Parag Jain, current head of 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.
