NEW CVC OF INDIA – PRADEEP KUMAR

PRADEEP KUMAR NEW CVC OF INDIA PRADEEP KUMAR, WHO WAS THE DEFENSE SECRETARY EARLIER, HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AS THE NEW CHIEF VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER (CVC) OF INDIA ENDING MONTHS OF CONTROVERSY AND SPECULATION REGARDING ITS OFFICE. HE WILL TAKE OATH IN THE RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN.

MR. PRADEEP KUMAR, NEW CVC OF INDIA’s SELECTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY A 3 MEMBER COMMITTEE COMPRISING OF PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH, HOME MINISTER P. CHIDAMBARAM AND THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE LOK SABHA SUSHMA SWARAJ. HE IS A HARYANA CADRE IAS OFFICER OF THE 1972 BATCH.

MR. PRADEEP KUMAR’S APPOINTMENT AS THE NEW NEW CVC OF INDIA COMES IN THE WAKE OF THE APPEAL OF FORMER CVC PJ THOMAS TO PRESIDENT PATIL TO NOT TO APPOINT A NEW CVC UNTIL HIS MARCH APPLICATION HAS BEEN DECIDED UPON. YESTERDAY PJ THOMAS FILED A WRIT PETITION IN THE DELHI HC SAYING THAT THE NEW CVC SHOULD ONLY BE APPOINTED AFTER THE DECISION ON HIS MARCH APPLICATION.

IT IS HEREBY TO BE NOTED THAT PJ THOMAS WAS SACKED BY A 3 JUDGE BENCH OF THESE  IN THE WAKE OF REPORTS AND PROOF OF HIS CORRUPT ACTIVITIES DONE IN THE PAST WHEN HE WAS A SENIOR BUREAUCRAT IN KERALA AND OTHER CRIMINAL CASES  PENDING UPON HIM.

NEW CVC OF INDIA

report by Bikram Singh Rana