An Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had ordered the appointment of Malay Rai as a state finance commission member over the phone.
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Rai is the former chairman of the Professional Examination Board (PEB), or Vyapam, in 2009-10, and the order was issued even as the Vyapam scam was being investigated.
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According to RTI papers obtained by Vyapam scam whistleblower Ajay Dubey, Chouhan had ordered Rai's appointment over phone while he was in South Africa to invite businessmen and industrialists for a summit in Madhya Pradesh.
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