'LoP is not rubber stamp': Rahul writes to PM over CBI chief selection process

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha person of absorption Rahul Gandhi connected Tuesday recorded his dissent with the proceedings to prime the adjacent manager of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), alleging that helium was not provided with the self-appraisal reports of the candidates and that the government’s prime was truthful “pre-decided.

”As person of opposition, Rahul Gandhi is simply a subordinate of the three-member committee that appoints the CBI chief, alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India Surya Kant.The Congress MP shared a screenshot of his dissent missive connected his X handle.He accused the authorities of misusing CBI to people governmental opponents, journalists and critics, and highlighted that the inclusion of the person of absorption successful the enactment committee was intended to forestall specified “institutional capture."

“Despite repeated written requests, I was not provided with the self-appraisal reports oregon 360-degree reports of the eligible candidates. Instead, I was expected to analyse the appraisal records of 69 candidates for the archetypal clip during the Committee meeting. A elaborate reappraisal of these records is important to measure each candidate’s past and performance. This deliberate denial of accusation makes a mockery of the enactment process and ensures that lone your pre-decided campaigner is selected,” Rahul wrote.

He added that helium had recorded his dissent successful 2 erstwhile meetings arsenic well, but had yet to person a response.“By denying the enactment committee important information, the authorities has reduced it to a specified formality. The Leader of Opposition is not a rubber stamp. I cannot abdicate my work by participating successful this biased exercise,” the Congress' ex-chief concluded.The gathering took spot astatine the premier minister's 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence and lasted implicit an hour. The tenure of the existent CBI director, Praveen Sood, is acceptable to extremity connected May 24. A determination connected his successor is expected soon.According to sources respective elder IPS officers from antithetic states are portion of the database of officers being considered for the apical CBI post. Some of the names of IPS officers that are understood to beryllium nether information see Parag Jain, Shatrujeet Kapoor, Yogesh Gupta, GP Singh, and Praveer Ranjan.(With PTI inputs)