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A meeting of the committee constituted on Monday (5 May 2025) under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the appointment of new director of CBI was held. It also included Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and CJI Sanjeev Khanna. According to sources, Rahul Gandhi does not agree with the proposal of names kept by the central government in the matter of appointment of CBI director. He has given a decent note about this.
Sources say that the central government was proposed to extend the tenure of the current CBI director Pravin Sood. However, Rahul Gandhi did not agree on this proposal. The CBI director is appointed as a three-member committee, the Prime Minister is the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India.
Central government wants to extend the term of Praveen Sood
According to sources, the government is preparing to increase the tenure of Praveen Sood itself. Praveen Sood is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre. Prior to this he was the DGP of Karnataka. He took over as CBI Director on 25 May 2023. His term is ending on 25 May of this month.
CBI director Praveen Sood is a resident of Himachal Pradesh. During the assembly elections in Karnataka, the Congress questioned Pravin Sood. Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivkumar had questioned his working style and said that if the Congress comes to power, action will be taken against him.
Why is screw stuck on appointment?
The new director is to be appointed before the term of Praveen Sood is over. Due to this, a meeting was called in the PMO on Monday. According to the instructions of the Supreme Court given in 2019, such senior officers, who have less than six months left in retirement, cannot be considered for the post of CBI Director. The Supreme Court had said that the tenure of the CBI director cannot be less than 2 years. With this, they can be transferred only with the consent of the Appointments Committee.