The Modi government has no place for independent and professional voices, the Congress alleged on Monday as it hit out at the Centre over the reported revocation of suspension of IIPS Director K S James after he tendered his resignation, reported news agency PTI.

The remark by Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh came over a media report which claimed that the Union government has revoked the suspension order of James and accepted his resignation from the post of the Indian Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS) director, reported PTI.