The Centre on Wednesday wrote to the Delhi government asking it to withdraw the nomination of four representatives from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as directors of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) instead of government officials citing Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) guidelines. The Delhi government nominated AAP leaders are Raghav Chadha, Atishi, party Rajya Sabha member ND Gupta’s son Naveen Gupta and Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi (DDCD) vice-chairperson Jasmine Shah. The Centre has said it is in the guidelines of DPE and is applicable to DMRC as well adding that the Government of India (GoI) is also nominating government nominee directors along the same lines. According to the guidelines on composition of board of directors, officers dealing with concerned enterprises or handling the issues of sectors should be nominated as government nominee directors. The board comprises 17 members, including five each from the Centre and the Delhi government.

Source: Hindustan Times July 17, 2019 16:30 UTC