Amid Rahul Gandhi’s Dissent, Govt Extends Tenure Of CBI Director Praveen Sood

New Delhi: CBI director Praveen Sood on Wednesday got an extension of one year.. The development came a day after the meeting of the high-powered selection committee (HPC) was held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in New Delhi. Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant attended the meeting.Sood will now serve as the CBI Director for the fourth consecutive year. He joined the post in 2022 and was set to retire on May 24“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, based on the recommendations of the Selection Committee, has approved the extension in tenure of Shri Praveen Sood, IPS (KN:86) as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of one year beyond 24.05.2026.,” the official

order read.Rahul Gandhi Registers Dissent On The Selection Of The Next CBI Director: Sood gets one year extension amid dissent by Gandhi during the the meeting on Wednesday. After the meeting to select the next CBI director, the Congress MP claimed that 69 names were presented during the meeting in one hour. In his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Leader of Opposition (LoP), alleged that the CBI was bein misused by the Centre and even claimed hat the government made "mockery" of the selection process by denying complete information of candidates to him."Your government has repeatedly misused the CBI, intended to be India's premier investigative agency, to target political opponents, journalists, and critics. It is to prevent such institutional capture that the Leader of Opposition is included in the Selection Committee. Regrettably, you have continued to deny me any meaningful role in the process.," Gandhi had said."Despite repeated written requests, I was not provided with the self-appraisal reports or 360-degree reports of the eligible candidates. Instead, I was expected to examine the appraisal records of sixty-nine candidates for the first time during the Committee meeting. The 360-degree reports were denied to me outright. A detailed review of these records is crucial to assess each candidate's history and performance. This deliberate denial of information, without any legal basis, makes a mockery of the selection process and ensures that only your pre-decided candidate is selected," the LoP had added.About Praveen Sood:Sood is an Indian Police Service officer of 1986 batch from Karnataka cadre. Before assuming the post of the CBI Director, he previously served as the Chief of the Karnataka State Police, Police Commissioner of Bangalore and Police Commissioner of Mysuru.

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Sood hails from Himachal Pradesh. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi where he graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering. In 2003, he attended the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in New York