Terming the process adopted for appointment of the next Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) as “illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional”, the Congress on Wednesday demanded its immediate scrapping. The party also said US President Donald Trump’s remarks ahead of his India visit is an insult and affront to country’s dignity.
The Congress said arbitrariness in top judicial institutions is fatal for democracy and alleged there is no place for transparency, accountability and constitutional processes in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘New India, which was fatal for democracy.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala charged that appointments of CVC and CIC are being made arbitrarily on the lines of “khul ja sim sim” (open sesame). “The appointments of CVC and CIC are being made on the lines of ‘open sesame’. Bring out names from the pocket and make appointments, that’s it. There is no place left for transparency, accountability, constitutional processes and compliance of law in Modi ji’s ‘New India’,” he charged on Twitter.
Sanjay Kothari, the Secretary to the President, has been selected as the new CVC by a high-powered committee headed by the Prime Minister. The committee has also chosen by a majority decision, former Information & Broadcasting Secretary Bimal Julka, currently serving as an Information Commissioner, as the new CIC in the Central Information Commission.