NDA Government asks NDMA members to resign

All members of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), appointed by the previous UPA government, have been asked to resign.

“Everyone has been asked to submit their resignation. Though I have not received any communication as I am out of station now, I have spoken to other members and they have confirmed this to me. I will do the needful once I reach Delhi,” NDMA member and former Director General of CRPF, J.K. Sinha, told

NDMA member and former Director General of CRPF, J.K.Sinha said that NDMA vice chairman M Shashidhar Reddy has already put in his papers. When contacted, Shashidhar. Reddy, however, denied having submitted his resignation.

The NDMA is headed by the Prime Minister. The vice chairman enjoys the rank of a Cabinet Minister while other members enjoy the rank of a Union Minister of State.