BJP’s Syed Zafar Islam Appointed Independent Director of Air India

Air India, like other PSUs, appoints a BJP leader as a director on its board.

BJP leader Syed Zafar Islam has been appointed as an independent director of Air India.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved his appointment as the non-official Independent Director for three years, said an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Besides him, former chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) RK Tyagi has also been appointed as the non-official Independent Director on the board of the national carrier.

It is not for the first time that a BJP leader has been appointed on the board of a Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).

In the past, some of the party’s leaders – including Shazia Ilmi, the independent director in Engineers India Ltd (EIL) – have also been given such postings. The saffron party’s member from Gujarat, Asifa Khan, had also been made non-official independent director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL).