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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was telling the hon. Member that according to the new Constitution, when such a report mentions you adversely, then you step aside while investigations are going on. If you are deemed to be okay, then you are cleared. According to the recommendations of the Report, these people were mentioned adversely. Some of the allegations that had been made against them by members of the association, as well as the public, were actually confirmed by the EMU. So, what we did was to put them aside and constitute the board, so it can function. There are certain positions in the board which are not yet filled because of this. The non-filling of those positions does not stop the board from functioning because it can attain quorum. Further, the EMU also recommended that members of the board who had served more than two terms should not be re-appointed to the board. During the six years they served there was a tendency for impunity to set in, in terms of the use of the boardâs resources. So, most of them have been left out for two reasons. One, they were adversely mentioned. Two, they had been in the board for more than two terms. So, they cannot actually serve on the board. In the meantime, the Ministryâs committee looking into the implementation of this Report will, obviously, give these people a hearing. If they have anything that they want to put before the committee, we will listen to it and make sure that when we make a final decision, justice is done."
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