Activist Shabnam Hashmi quits govt panels

Social activist Shabnam Hashmi today quit five government panels, including Central Advisory Board of Education(CABE), alleging Congress “connivance” to ensure Narendra Modi’s victory in Gujarat Assembly elections but did not say how.

Hashmi, the founder member of NGO Anhad, resigned from membership of Maulana Azad Education Foundation, National Monitoring Committee for Minority Education (NMCME), National Literacy Mission Council (NLM) and Assessment and Monitoring Authority of Planning Commission besides CABE.

–Agencies