After Rahul Gandhi’s dissent note, govt issues order on CBI Director’s appointment

After Rahul Gandhi’s dissent note, govt issues order on CBI Director’s appointment

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 13,2026

Once again union government has granted one year extension to CBI Director Parveen Sood.

Yesterday, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on had submitted a dissent note to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the selection process for the next Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief, alleging that the exercise was biased and reduced his constitutional role to that of a “rubber stamp”

The order was issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) following Tuesday’s meeting of the high-powered selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and the leader of the opposition, Rahul Gandhi.

Sood, who was first appointed as CBI director on a two-year term on May 25, 2023, was given a one-year extension in 2025. Today he gets another extension.