The Congress leader had proposed that if this is not possible at present, the appointments committee meeting could be postponed for a week and the names of candidates from these categories could be proposed later.
Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. (file photo)
Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to recuse himself from the process of selecting the new chairman and members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). During a meeting of the Appointments Committee to select the new Chairman and members of the Commission at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence in Delhi on Monday evening, Kharge expressed his views on the committee’s decision to recommend a panel of names for appointment to these posts. was.
Kharge said in his letter that in the meeting, I had expressed my concern about the increasing atrocities on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and minorities. Along with this, at least one person belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and minorities was proposed to be appointed as the chairman or member of the commission under the rules.
Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dissociates himself from process of selection of new chairperson and members of National Human Rights Commission
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 1, 2021
The Congress leader had proposed that if this is not possible at present, the appointments committee meeting could be postponed for a week and the names of candidates from these categories could be proposed later. Kharge, in a letter to the Prime Minister, said that the committee has not accepted any of his proposals, so he recuses himself from the process.
The selection committee includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. On the other hand, former Supreme Court judge Arun Kumar Mishra will take over as the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday.
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