Re: [HumJanenge] CVC QUITS

"> It is a great news of the present day corruption in our country.
> May God bless the King & the Singh"

Dear Sharmaji

Don't you mean "Queen / Empress" instead of "King" ?

Empress Sonia and her army of bootpolishing Singhs
(Buta/MM/Montek ... ) are the personifications of corruption.

Where have all the Sirdars (like Kehar and Beant) gone
off to when the nation needs them most ?

Sarbajit

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 8:52 PM, Dr. Jagnarain Sharma
<dr.jagnarainsharma@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: KRANTIKUMAR DHARMADHIKARY <krdharma@hotmail.com>
>> To: Humjanege <humjanenge@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Sat, 5 March, 2011 5:15:33 PM
>> Subject: [HumJanenge] CVC QUITS
>>
>>
>> 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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