Former IAS Officer JD Seelam is new MoS in Finance Ministry
FORMER IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre JD Seelam is the new Minister of State in the Finance Ministry. Seelam joined the IPS in 1983 and the IAS in 1984. He resigned from the service in 1999 to join the Congress Party. He lost the 1999 elections to Lok Sabha and was later elected to the Rajya Sabha. At 60, Seelam was the youngest minister inducted yesterday and is a generation (25 years) younger than the 86 year old Sis Ram Ola who was inducted as the Labour Minister.
The other MoS in the Finance Ministry Namo Narain Meena is a 1969 batch IPS officer who had a distinguished career in the Police Service and is a recipient of the Police Medal.
Seelam is once reported to have remarked, "the CAG is a watchdog. It is supposed to bark, not bite!"
It is babudom all the way in the Finance Ministry!