A post is being shared on social media claiming that Former CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma had called Narendra Modi the most corrupt Prime Minister of Independent India in his resignation letter. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Former CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma in his resignation letter had called Narendra Modi the most corrupt Prime Minister of Independent India.
Fact: Former CBI Chief Alok Kumar Verma had submitted his resignation letter on 11 January 2019, a day after the PM-led selection panel sacked him as the CBI Chief and transferred him as the Director of Fire Services. Alok Verma in his resignation letter questioned the selection panel’s decision based on the Central Vigilance Committee report. But Alok Verma had not made any statement calling Narendra Modi the most corrupt Prime Minister of Independent India. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On searching for the details of Former CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma’s resignation, we found those details in an article published by the NDTV news website on 11 January 2019. This article reported that Alok Kumar Verma had submitted his resignation a day after the Prime Minister-led selection committee sacked him as the Chief of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and transferred him to the Fire services on 10 January 2019. PM-led selection panel sacked Alok Verma as the CBI Chief based on the corruption charges as alleged in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report. According to the article, Alok Verma was removed as the CBI Chief just two days after Supreme Court reinstated him as the Director of CBI. Alok Kumar Verma reportedly refused to take charge as the Director of Fire Services and submitted his resignation as the CBI Chief on 11 January 2019.
Several news websites have acquired a copy of Alok Kumar Verma’s resignation letter and published articles in January 2019. They can be seen here and here. Alok Kumar Verma in his resignation letter had stated, “The Selection Committee has not provided the undersigned an opportunity to explain the details as recorded by the CVC before arriving at the decision. Natural justice was scuttled and the entire process was turned upside down in ensuring that the undersigned is removed from the post of the Director CBI”. Also, Alok Kumar stated that the decision made against him is a testimony of how the CBI as an institution will be treated by any government through the CVC. But Alok Kumar Verma had not made any statement calling Narendra Modi the most corrupt Prime Minister in the history of Independent India.
To sum it up, former CBI Chief Alok Verma had not termed Narendra Modi as the most corrupt Prime Minister in his resignation letter.
