Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, chairman and managing director (CMD) of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has been dismissed from service with barely a month to go for his tenure to end. The government terminated his services on May 10 and did not mention the reason for his untimely termination.
S K Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been handed additional charge of SECI till a new appointment is made.
However, the opposition Congress party has linked it to the ongoing probe into corruption charges against Gautam Adani in the solar deals case by US authorities.
Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani, and others were indicted by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) in November 2024 on various charges, alleging that they paid bribes totaling over Rs 2,000 crore to secure solar power deals with multiple Indian states.
SECI itself is not accused of any wrongdoing by the US Department of Justice (DoJ).
Gupta retired as Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2021, and joined SECI in 2023. He has also worked with the NITI Aayog and the Ministry of Coal.
