New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee
has ordered removal of chairmen of all Railway Recruitment
Boards (RRBs) across the country, appointed during the tenure
of RJD chief Lalu Prasad.
A senior railway official said the Ministry has appointed
new chairmen of 20 RRBs as part of a revamping exercise. The
orders for the appointment of the new chairmen were passed two
days back.
It is learnt all these chairman were appointed during the
tenure of former railway minister Lalu Prasad. A senior
railway official is appointed in the post of RRB chairman for
a tenure of three years.
The RRBs are situated at 20 cities across the country. In
recent times, some of them were mired in controversy with
allegations of largescale irregularities and repeated question
paper leak in RRB exams.
The massive revamping exercise is aimed at streamlining
the recruitment process in RRBs, officials said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 07, 2009, 18:11