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NDMA officials resign after Modi govt asks them to quit

Resignations came after calls were made by Union home secretary to step down in the wake of change of government

The NDMA vice-chairman enjoys the rank of a cabinet minister while other members enjoy the rank of a Union minister of state. Premium
The NDMA vice-chairman enjoys the rank of a cabinet minister while other members enjoy the rank of a Union minister of state.

New Delhi: After some governors, it was the turn of vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) M. Shashidhar Reddy and five of its members to resign after the new government asked them to quit their posts.

There were reports that the government has also asked the chairpersons and members of various commissions like National Commission for Women, SCs and STs and the head of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to resign but there was no confirmation.

Apart from Reddy, the members who have resigned are former director general of Central Industrial Security Force K.M. Singh, former civil aviation secretary K.N. Shrivastava, Maj Gen (Retd) J.K. Bansal, former director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre B. Bhattacharjee and former special director of Central Bureau of Investigation K. Salim Ali.

“I have sent my resignation on Tuesday to pave the way for the Prime Minister to reconstitute the NDMA. Probably the Prime Minister has a view on it. I am hopeful that the reconstitution process will be completed soon," Reddy told PTI .

The resignations came after calls were made by Union home secretary Anil Goswami to step down in the wake of change of government. They were all appointed by the previous United Progressive Alliance government.

NDMA is headed by the Prime Minister. The vice-chairman enjoys the rank of a cabinet minister while eight other members enjoy the rank of a Union minister of state.

The three members who have not resigned so far include former director general of Central Reserve Police Force J.K. Sinha, medical expert Muzaffar Ahmed and former secretary department of ocean development Harsh K. Gupta.

Sinha said he was away from Delhi and would do the needful once he returns to the capital.

Reddy was first appointed as member of NDMA in 2005 and promoted as vice-chairman in December 2010.

A few members were appointed in 2005 and got reappointment after completion of their five year tenure. Others were appointed in the last two to three years.

The members met on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the issue of resignation and then put in their papers.

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Published: 19 Jun 2014, 03:06 PM IST
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