New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) India today said it is watching the situation following the resignation of International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing charges of sexual assault in the US.
"Strauss-Kahn has tendered his resignation... We are watching the situation," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here.
Battling damaging allegations of sexual assault, Dominique Strauss-Kahn tendered his resignation from the top post of the IMF yesterday, while maintaining that he was innocent.
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia is being talked about as one of the contenders for the post of the next IMF chief, besides Kemal Dervis of Turkey, Christine Lagarde of France, Trevor Manuel of South Africa and Britain's Gordon Brown.
Yesterday, talking to the reporters, Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu had said, "In my view, Montek is the best name...