New Delhi
With two members of the National Statistical Commission resigning, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said one more venerable institution had “died” due to the government’s “malicious negligence”.

The former finance minister’s attack on the government came in the wake of two independent members of the National Statistical Commission P C Mohanan and JV Meenakshi resigning on Monday over disagreement with the government on certain issues. Mohanan was also the acting chairperson.

“We mourn the death of the National Statistical Commission and remember with gratitude its valiant fight to release untainted GDP data and employment data. May the NSC rest in peace until it is re-born again!” he said in a series of tweets. With the two members quitting, the NSC now has only two members Chief Statistician Pravin Srivastava and NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.