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Ramdas questions AAP decision to remove him

| | Apr 01, 2015, at 11:53 pm
New Delhi, Apr 1(IBNS) Days after being removed as AAP ombudsman, former Navy chief Ramdas has questioned the party's decision claiming that his term would have ended in November 2016.
"My term as Lokpal continued as per the party's Constitution, and therefore continues to be valid for three years from November 2013 when my first year finished. Had there been any indication from the party that my term had expired, I might not have carried out all those tasks - which could now even be termed illegal or invalid,"  the retired Admiral said in his email to AAP general secretary Pankaj Gupta.
 
The contents of emails exchanged between the two show that Ramdas was told about "not requiring his services" only on March 30, a day after the party removed him. 
 
Ramdas has claimed that the way he has been removed is 'unconstitutional.'
 
He  says, "Till two days back, the AAP website continued to carry the names of Admiral Ramdas and Dr Ilina Sen, as the Lokpals of the party," but the  the party did not even consult him before appointing his successor.
 
"I would certainly have discharged these duties nearer the end of what I assumed would be the end of my term in November 2016," he  added.
 
On Sunday AAP replaced, Magsasay winner Admiral Ramdas and Ilina Sen, with a three-member panel headed by a retired IPS officer N Dilip Kumar.
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