PM-headed panel likely to meet on Jan 24 to appoint new CBI Director: Sources

NEW DELHI: The high-powered Selection Committee is likely to meet on January 24 to appoint the new CBI Director, sources said here.nnPrime Minister Narendra Modi heads the committee, in which the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge are the other members.nnThe sources said the government had proposed the meeting on January 21 earlier while Kharge wanted the meeting on January 24 or 25.nnAfter mutual consultations, the government has finalised January 24 as the date for the meeting to select the new CBI Director, a post which is lying vacant ever since the government removed Alok Verma and appointed him as Director General Fire Service.nnIPS officer M Nageswara Rao was named the interim director of the CBI.nnThe Congress has been attacking the prime minister for not appointing a regular CBI Director.nnKharge had also written to the prime minister demanding early holding of the meeting of the high powered committee to appoint a regular CBI Director.nnSource: Press Trust of India