The process of selecting the chairperson of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) has come out in rigging. For this, the collegium had prepared a list of prestigious individuals, one of which was to be chosen as chairperson. But the list was prepared, out of which 10 people had already died. Seven of them were such that their death had already happened before the formation of collegium.

It points to a large rigging and corruption. The question arises that this is the way to choose a chairperson in the important institution like the ICSR in the Modi Government?

According to the rules of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, the committee had to finalize the names of three of these people and send it to the government. Then, in the name of one of those three names, the Human Resource Ministry (HRD) was to be stamped.

On May 2, the Human Resource Ministry finalized the name of Brij Bihari Kumar for the post of Chairman. 76-year-old Brij Bihari Kumar has been the editor of Quarterly magazine Varta and Chintan Srijan. Now he has been made the new Chairman of the ICSR for three years.

Brij Bihari Kumar has been chosen by this process. So far, AK Thorat was made on this post which retired last month. A list of 244 names was prepared. One of which was to be chosen. This list was prepared as a chairman of Thorat.

Surprisingly, in the process of selecting the chairperson of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), ten people who had already died were included. It is a testimony to the huge rigging and corruption.

These names are: Nihar Ranjan Rai of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), who died in 1981), BR Grover (who died in 2001), KS Lal (who died in 2002), R Kulkarna (died in 2009), RS Sharma, (death in 2011), Ravinder Kumar (death in 2001) was also included in the Collegium. In addition, the name of Geographer LS Bhatt was also included in the Collegium. Who died in 2013.

Not only that, this list included the names of historian Bimal Prasad and former chief of ICSSR Rajni Kothari. Both of them died in 2015. Javed Alam was also included in the name of the person who died in 2016.

On this case, Indian Express wanted to talk to the HRD Ministry, but no answer came. A source present there called it a stupid job.

ICSSR Secretary Virendra Kumar Malhotra said that the Council was formed in 2014 and names were given at that time. He said that only 10 of the 200 names will be those who have died before. But when they were asked that why the people died in 1981 were included, they did not say anything clearly.

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