BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramnaian Swamy on Thursday said the government cannot remove CBI Director Alok Verma on the basis of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report without hearing him and felt if he is removed the problem would only "get worse, not better". "They cannot remove Verma on the basis of the CVC report without hearing him," he told reporters outside the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters after meeting Verma.

He was replying to a question about what would be the outcome of the high-level committee comprising the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, CJI nominee Justice A.K. Sikri and Leader of the single largest party in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge, which is slated to meet again later in the day to decide Verma's fate.