NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, AUG 6
GC Murmu, who resigned as LG of Jammu and Kashmir, has been appointed as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). Murmu had resigned from his post in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday and Manoj Sinha was appointed as his successor.
The post of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was expected to fall vacant this week as incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi turns 65. The Comptroller and Auditor General is a constitutional post and cannot be left vacant.
“Rajiv Mehrishi is turning 65 on August 8. That is why the government is in a hurry to look for a replacement,” sources said on Thursday.
Murmu, a 1985-batch Gujarat cadre officer, worked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister. After Modi became the Prime Minister, he joined the Finance Ministry. He became part of the expenditure department as a joint secretary.
