New Delhi, Dec 12: A high-level panel has recommended the names of five people belonging to disadvantaged sections for filling vacancies in the CIC, sources said, dismissing opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s reported claim that the finalised list lacked names from SC, ST, OBC and minority communities.

The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha recorded his dissent during a meeting of a three-member high-level committee, comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and himself, held on Wednesday to choose the next Chief Information Commissioner and eight Information Commissioners.

Dismissing Gandhi’s claims, the sources said eight names were finalised for filling the vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC) by the three-member committee.

For the eight

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