Alok Verma, the newly appointed Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is in the crosshairs of a political tug of war. The Congress party has put on record that it does not agree with the government’s choice.
Verma, police commission of Delhi for close to a year, deserves better. Admittedly, he is not a CBI man, not having risen up its ladder. However, he is technically qualified for the post. A 1979-batch Indian Police Service officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre, Verma will have a fixed two-year tenure as CBI chief. He had earlier

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