Re: [HumJanenge] CVC QUITS

DEAR Gupta ji & Mr.Dharmadhikary
Thanks for the message.
It is a great news of the present day corruption in our country.
May God bless the King & the Singh
Regards
Dr JN Sharma

On 3/5/11, M.K. Gupta <mkgupta100@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> The govt. explaination to the the on the affairs had hardly concinced any
> body.
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> ________________________________
> From: KRANTIKUMAR DHARMADHIKARY <krdharma@hotmail.com>
> To: Humjanege <humjanenge@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, 5 March, 2011 5:15:33 PM
> Subject: [HumJanenge] CVC QUITS
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> THOMAS QUITS: A CASE OF SYSTEMIC FAILURE?
> While it is heartening to know that the Supreme Court has held "illegal" the
> appointment of PJ Thomas as the CVC, the cleansing that has started with his
> resignation should not stop at that. The need is to look beyond the case as
> that
> of a single person and instead treat is as a "systemic failure".
> To start with, Kerala Chief Minister has admitted that he went ahead with
> appointing Thomas as state's chief secretary in 2007 as he could not
> "antagonize
> the entire IAS lobby that had pushed for his appointment." Had not the
> Kerala
> Vigilance and Anti-Corruption department pointed out his involvement in the
> palm
> oil case then?
> It was this post that eventually led to Thomas's Central deputation in 2009
> and
> subsequent appointment as the CVC. Thomas claims himself as "a victim of
> political war" which is vindicated by the Kerala Chief Minister's statement
> that
> he "took up the case and fought alone all these years." If that had not been
> correct, Thomas's name would not have been added in the palm oil case charge
> sheet later.
> Further, the government claims that it was not aware about the charge sheet
> in
> palm oil case, a fact supported by the ex-CVC Pratyush Sinha. Then the
> question
> arises, if Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj can know about it and raise it
> at
> the appropriate platform, why did the Prime Minister and the Home Minister,
> the
> other two members of the selection panel, not take cognizance of the same.
> And
> now, the Supreme Court has laid down new guidelines for the appointment of
> the
> CVC.
>
> What is evident in the whole affair is that it is a classic case of systemic
> failure wherein there are no tabs whatsoever to cross check and verify a
> person's credentials when he is due for appointment to a constitutional post
> like that of the CVC.
>
> There needs to be debate on related issues that critically point to system
> failure. The palm oil case has been pending before the vigilance and "an
> anti-corruption court" in Kerala since 1992. Nineteen long years, and still
> no
> hope of a verdict! No wonder, this case was never included in the dossier
> sent
> by the Kerala government to the Centre, when Thomas was being considered for
> appointed as a Secretary to the Central government.
>
> The government too now has accepted this particular case as a systemic
> failure.
> That brings forth a question: If this being the case, why only Thomas should
> be
> singled out? Why only Thomas should quit? What about the system that
> encouraged
> a tainted person like him to climb the ladder to reach one of the highest
> constitutional posts?
> The need of the hour is an overhauling of the system. Just like the CVC
> appointment, there is enough scope pointing to a similar systemic failure in
> case of 2G, Adarsh, CWG, black money and Pune businessman Hasan Ali cases.
> Thomas is likely to file a review petition in the Supreme Court? Will the
> apex
> court do justice to the complete case vis-à-vis the system?
>
> LT COL (RETD) K R DHARMADHIKARY
> Member, Board, Transparency International India (TII) New Delhi
> krdharma@yahoo.co.in
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