The government today said the appointment of new CBI director Ranjit Sinha has been done in a fair manner. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function, Minister of state for personnel, public grievances and pensions V Narayanasamy said the Prime minister in his wisdom has chosen Mr Sinha out of three persons. Earlier, BJP demanded annulment of the government decision to appoint Ranjit Sinha as the new CBI Director, contending that the Select Committee on Lokpal had suggested that such appointments should be done through a collegium method. Mrs Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, Leaders of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha respectively, have written to

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking reversal of the decision to appoint Sinha as the next CBI Director. Mr Sinha, a 1974 batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre and

current Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Force, has been named by the government as the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

AIR correspondent reports, Mr Sinha will take charge from Amar Pratap Singh, who retires on November 30.