Heeralal Samariya is the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC): In a letter to President Droupadi Murmu, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that he was "kept in the dark" about the appointment. PM Modi has refuted the claims, saying "they boycotted the meeting when they came to know that a Dalit man is going to be CIC"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the Congress, saying it skipped the meeting convened to select the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) as he is a Dalit and this reflected the anti-Scheduled Castes mindset of the main opposition party.
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