New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said there was no controversy in the sacking of Avinash Chander as DRDO chief and it was he who recommended that the position should be held by someone from a “slightly younger generation” and not by someone on contract.
The Minister maintained that there was no controversy in this decision
I had recommended that this position should not be held by a person on contract. We should introduce in scientific world, slightly younger generation,” he told reporters outside the North Block.
Asked who will head DRDO, he said the senior-most person of the cluster head will hold the post temporarily.
We will find out someone good from the DRDO, who has the urge for development,” he said.
Asked if the sudden termination of Chander without informing him was right, Parrikar said, “I also got the information from you, from paper and TV”.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Tuesday night “approved termination” of the contract of Chander with effect from January 31.
