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India News: The Chairman of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development (Trifed), Ramsinh Rathwa, has questioned the Ministry of Tribal Affairs' decision to decl
The Union Tribal Affairs Ministry has declared the suspension of the managing director of TRIFED as "null and void". The ministry stated that Geetanjali Gupta, an additional secretary level officer, was appointed to the post by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. The suspension order by Ramsinh Rathwa, the chairman of TRIFED, was issued due to conflicts between him and Gupta. The chairman, being a non-officio member, lacks the authority to make such decisions. This comes after two RSS-affiliated organizations sought action against TRIFED for identifying them as political bodies.
Ramsinh Rathwa, the chairman of the cooperative body associated with the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, had on Thursday issued an order suspending Geetanjali Gupta for