New Delhi, May 26: The chances of Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia figuring in the race for appointment as Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) appears to have dimmed with age being not not on his side.
India’s representative at the IMF Arvind Virmani has said that age was against Ahluwalia because of rules that bar anyone above 65 from qualifying for that post.
The name of Ahluwalia has been speculated as a possible candidate for the top IMF post after the ignominious exit of Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn this month.
“He (Ahluwalia) would have been an excellent candidate in my view except that we have just pronounced the by-laws that the Managing Director (of IMF) must be 65 or younger. Unless these by-laws are changed, he can’t be really put on as a candidate,” IMF executive director Arvind Virmani said in an interview.
Ahluwalia is 67 years old and as per…
–Agencies