Narendra Modi Govt Constitutes Eight-Member Lokpal Search Committee

Narendra Modi Govt Constitutes Eight-Member Lokpal Search Committee

The Modi Government on Thursday constituted an eight-member search committee, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, to recommend the chairperson and members of the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal.

Former chief of State Bank of India (SBI) Arundhati Bhattacharya, Prasar Bharati chairperson A Surya Prakash and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) head A S Kiran Kumar are the members of the search committee, according to an official order issued by Personnel Ministry.

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Besides them, Justice Sakha Ram Singh Yadav, former judge of Allahabad High Court, Shabbirhusein S Khandwawala, former Gujarat Police head, Lalit K Panwar, retired IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, and Ranjit Kumar are the other members of the panel, it said.

“The search committee is a major step towards setting up of the Lokpal. The committee will start its functioning soon,” a senior official said.

(PTI)