Former Madhya Pradesh top officer chosen by high-power panelled by PM; Kharge pens dissent note
Former Director-General of Police of Madhya Pradesh Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the M.P. cadre, was on Saturday appointed the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the country’s premier investigation agency, for two years.
Mr. Shukla was picked from a panel of several names cleared by the high power committee, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has, based on the panel recommended by the Committee constituted as per Section 4A (1) of the Delhi Special Police
Establishment Act, 1946, approved the appointment of Rishi Kumar Shukla as Director, CBI, for a period of two years,” stated the official notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in the evening.
‘Experience lacking’
This story is from the February 03, 2019 edition of The Hindu.
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