WB: Former DGP Virendra appointed as new State Information Commissioner

The West Bengal government has appointed former West Bengal DGP Virendra (Retd.IPS:1985:WB) as the new State Information Commissioner (SIC). The meeting to select the new SIC was held at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s chamber at the state assembly. Adhikari was also invited to the meeting but he boycotted the meeting claiming the violation of “advertising guidelines for inviting applications”.

There were 15 applications for the post and among them, 10 were found valid. Virendra’s name was proposed by the CM and backed by others.