The meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee to decide on the next CBI chief remained inconc♈lusive, officials said on Thursday.
They said no deci♋sion on the CBI director's post was taken at the meeting.
"A list of eligible officers along with their dossie🅷rs was shared with the panel members. But no decision has been taken so far," an official said requesting anonymity.
He said📖 another meeting of the panel will be held sᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚoon to finalise the name.
The meeting, which was held at the prime minister's official residence, was attended by Chief J🌳ustice Ranjan Gogoi and leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.
Talking to reporters ꧟after the meeting, Kharge said names𓆏 of officers were shared.
"The government presented n♓ames of 70-80 officers. There was no mention of their career details including relevant experience. We (referring to CJI Gogoi) have asked them to provide all the necessary details. The next meeting will be convened may be by next week," he said🌱.
The post of the CBI chief has been lying vacant since January 10 after the unceremonious exit of Alok Verma, who was engaged in a bitter fight with Guja❀rat-ca💫dre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana over corruption charges.
Both Verma and Asthana have accused eaꦺch other of impropriety.
Verma, after being removed from the post of CBI director, was na✃med as the Director General of Fire Services, Civil Def🏅ence and Home Guards – a less significant portfolio.
Verma did not accept the offer and wrote to the government, saying he should be considered as deemed superannuat🅘ed as he has completed 60 year age of superannua🔯tion.
He had taken over as the CBI chief on Februar𝔍y 1, 2017 for a fixed two-year tenure.
In a letter to Secretary of Department of ꦬPersonnel and Training (DoPT), C Chandramouli, Verma said he could not accept the new assignment offered by ♉the government as he had superannuated on July 31, 2017.
The Centre has not yet made public it💝s decision on Verma's letter.
M Nageshwara Rao𝕴 has been working as the interim CBI chief after Verma's ouster.
Verma's resignation letter led to political slugfest with the opposition parties, mainly the Congress,🌜 accusing the central government of alleged interference in publiไc institutions.
Kharge had recently written to the prime minister terming Rao's appointment as the CBI's iဣnterim ch♒ief "illegal". He had asked the government to immediately convene the meeting of the panel to decide on the new CBI chief.
PTI
