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PM’s Office Responds to Kharge on CBI Chief’s Appointment

Kharge asked that a selection committee meeting be immediately convened in order to choose a new CBI Director.

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On Thursday, the Prime Minister's Office asked Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge to spell out his "convenience" after 16 December so that a selection committee meeting could be convened to choose the new CBI Director.

Minister of State in the PMO, Jitendra Singh, who is also in-charge of the Department of Personnel, wrote to Kharge in response to his letter sent on Wednesday, sources said.

According to NDTV, the PMO’s letter mentioned that it was not possible to appoint a Director of the CBI because a meeting of the selection committee could not be held due to unavoidable circumstances.
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We are fully committed to follow the process of selection and appointment as per law in a fully transparent manner.
The letter, as per NDTV 

In his letter, Kharge had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately convene a meeting of the selection committee to select a new CBI Director.

Kharge is a member of the Committee which comprises the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of Opposition or leader of the largest party in opposition in the Lok Sabha.

The Congress leader, in his letter, had raised strong concerns over the appointment of Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as interim director of CBI and alleged that the process of selection of the new director of the investigation agency had been vitiated.

(With inputs from PTI and NDTV)

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