The Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) Saket Gokhale on April 8 asked if the Centre had taken the Election Commission’s approval before appointing the new NIA Director-General and sought a probe by the poll panel into the appointment.
He also alleged that the BJP's "nexus" with Central agencies is deepening during the Lok Sabha elections.
In a post on X, Mr. Gokhale - a TMC Rajya Sabha MP - alleged that BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari met National Investigation Agency (NIA) Superintendent of Police D.R. Singh on March 26 and, on the same day, Sadanand Date was appointed as the new chief of the agency.
