NEW DELHI: (May 5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a meeting of the committee responsible for the appointment of the CBI director. The meeting was also attended by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna.
The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here in the evening and a number of names were discussed, but the government is learnt to have pushed for a one-year extension for the incumbent director, sources said.
Though it was not clear as to what transpired at the meeting, the sources said Gandhi is learnt to have not favoured the extension.
The meeting came days ahead of the completion of the two-year term of incumbent CBI Director Praveen Sood on May 25.
A 1986-batch Karnataka-cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Sood was the director general of police (DGP) of the southern state prior to his appointment. He took over as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on May 25, 2023.
The CBI director is appointed by the Centre on the recommendation of a three-member committee, which is headed by the prime minister and comprises the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and the CJI. PTI
