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Overnight dissolution of Kurian Joseph committee: Sources allege CTR Nirmal Kumar orchestrated months-long plan to dismantle panel

Overnight dissolution of Kurian Joseph committee: Sources allege CTR Nirmal Kumar orchestrated months-long plan to dismantle panel

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The TVK‑led Tamil Nadu government issued an order on November 6 to scrap the High‑Level Committee on Union‑State Relations headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph. Sources allege that CTR Nirmal Kumar had orchestrated a months‑long plan to dismantle the panel, and they warn that the committee’s official website may soon be taken down, potentially making its first report inaccessible. At the time of dissolution the panel was working on the second part of its report, which was due by May 31, 2027.

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    Sources raised concern that the committee's official website may soon be taken down, rendering its first report inaccessible to the public. The post Overnight dissolution of Kurian Joseph committee: Sources allege CTR Nirmal Kumar orchestrated months-long plan to dismantle panel appeared first on…

    — The South First

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    CHENNAI: The TVK-led Tamil Nadu government has discontinued the High-Level Committee on Union-State Relations headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph, even as the panel was working on the second part of its report, which was due by May 31, 2027. In an order November 6, Public…

    — DT Next

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Overnight dissolution of Kurian Joseph committee: Sources allege CTR Nirmal Kumar orchestrated months-long plan to dismantle panel

Sources raised concern that the committee's official website may soon be taken down, rendering its first report inaccessible to the public. The post Overnight dissolution of Kurian Joseph committee: Sources allege CTR Nirmal Kumar orchestrated months-long plan to dismantle panel appeared first on…

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