Goswami was a UPA goverment appointee. PHOTO: HINDUSTAN TIMES
Goswami was removed from by the Narendra Modi-led government in the wake of a controversy over his alleged attempt to stall the arrest of Saradha scam accused Matang Sinh. Sinh is a former Congress minister at the centre.
"Home Secretary has been removed," official sources said on a day of hectic activities following media reports that Goswami, a UPA goverment appointee, had tried to prevent CBI officers from carrying out Sinh's arrest on Saturday.
Union Rural Development Secretary LC Goyal has been appointed as the next Union Home Secretary.
His dismissal comes after foreign secretary Sujatha Singh's tenure was curtailed. Indian External Affairs Ministry appointed S Jaishankar, India’s Ambassador to the US, as its new foreign secretary.
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@Motiwala: lolhowvdo you know? He was sacked bcz he tried to save corrupt MP and influenced investigation
@Motiwala:
Sujata Singh was not the choice of Manmohan Singh either. The man selected for foreign secy position was yhe same one that was Manmohan Singh's first choice but Sonia Gandhi had imposed her will because Sujata's father was a Congress loyalist.
Jaishankar (whose political affiliations are not in the public domain) has been an ambassador o USA, China and Russia and even speaks Russian fluently. A better choice at a time that India is trying to navigate relations with all 3 countries is difficult to find.
Of course you just make randoaccusations. Perhaps you feel appointments by Modi are in the Nawaz mold. You couldn't be more wrong.
A fanatic saffron MP exhorts Hindus to produce kids galore to overwhelm others with quantity, & says so without care for health of women & Modi acquiesced by silence. A fanatic asks those that don't vote BJP to move to Pakistan & Modi is mute. Yet another harridan of an MP questions the legitimacy of birth of those that don't support BJP & Modi mumbles inanities. But when it comes to hired help Modi is all ruthless action & dramatic dismissals.
Very soon, Modi will sack the entire AJK parliament too !!!!!!!
@Motiwala: No he thrown out because he lobbied on behalf of currupt congress politician to not arrest him, and tried to influence the nature of investigation in scam. He being Home Secretary (a bureaucrat) of GOI had no business contacting India's investigation agency and lobbying. He has already accepted he called CBI and spoke, when questioned. So he's shown the door for his deeds. He was congress appointee in Manmohan government. Appointed not on merit but for chamchagiri and curruption which he was still continuing. PM did the right thing.
Time to clean the stables. Throw out all Congress/Sonia stooges.
Modi is putting his Shiv Sena/RSS brethren in charge of key positions Sujatha Singh did not subscribe to Shiv Sena or Hindutva.