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New Delhi: Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday wrote to Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu expressing his opposition to the appointment of former BJP MP Tarun Vijay as the chairman of the National Memorial Authority (NMA), two years after his appointment.
In the letter, Ramesh addressed Union Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy, for appointing Vijay and for “willfully disregarding the provisions of the law passed by Parliament”.
,[Reddy] In fact, made fun of this law,” Ramesh added in the letter.
Vijay, former Rajya Sabha MP and former editor of the RSS weekly publication Panchjanya, has written books like Saffron jump. He was appointed Reddy’s predecessor, Prahlad Singh Patel as the NMA President in 2019.
Asked by ThePrint why he is writing about the two-year-old appointment and moving a motion against a minister who didn’t make the appointment, Jairam Ramesh said via a text message: “I have to go tomorrow. Found out only at night, which really shows. How diligent is the media in covering this government along with my surveillance. Current minister because when I am writing he is the incumbent. ,
‘Does not meet requirements’
Ramesh argued that Tarun Vijay’s “education and professional background” did not meet the requirements for the position mandated by law.
In his letter to Vice President Naidu, Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Ramesh cited Section 20F of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Verification) Act, 2010, which states that the NMA President has “proven experience and expertise”. Should be In “Archaeology, Country and Town Planning, Architecture, Heritage, Conservation Architecture or Law”.
Vijay has previously been at the center of a media controversy in April 2017. notes On the color of “South Indians”, when speaking on racist hate crimes against Africans living in India. was victorious apologized For his comment a few days later.
What is NMA?
Established in 2010 under the Ministry of Culture following the enactment of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Recognition) Act, NMA Responsible for “the conservation and protection of monuments and sites through the management of the prohibited and regulated area around centrally protected monuments”.
“One of the responsibilities of the NMA is to consider allowing applicants for construction related activity in restricted and regulated areas,” the NMA website says.
(Edited by Paramita Ghosh)
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