Ram Jethmalani announces his breakup with PM Modi, tweets letters
CVC, CIC appointments irk Ram Jethmalani, says his respect for PM Modi has ended
Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Monday took to micro-blogging site Twitter to announce his breakup with Prime Minister Modi over the issue of appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
"My diminishing respect for you ends today," said the noted lawyer in his letter that was posted on social site Twitter.
Jethmalani's letter enclosed "clinching evidence of the Finance Minister's recommendee's total unfitness for the CVC post."
He said that he had sent four installments of the incriminating evidence in this regard to the prime minister.
Attacking Modi on the recent appointment of KV Chowdary as the CVC, the senior lawyer said that he had advised the prime minister not to make any appointment for the top job.
The senior lawyer even said that he was shocked to hear the Attorney General announce in the Supreme Court that appointment for the top job has already been made.
The Rajya Sabha member even challenged the prime minister saying that now they will fight in apex court and the court of the people of India.
This is not the first time when Jethmalani has written letter to the prime minister regarding the appointment of CVC. The letter dated May 26 and June 2 also emphasised on the fact that the senior lawyer was not ok with the CVC appointment.
Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on Monday criticised the appointment
of K V Chowdary as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). The irked
senior lawyer had already expressed his dissatisfaction over Chowdary’s
name and had written to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee.
As the appointments were announced today, Jethmalani wrote in his letter to PM Modi, “My diminishing respect for you ends today.”
T M Bhasin, Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank, has also been appointed as Vigilance Commissioner.
Their appointments were approved today by President Pranab Mukherjee, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said, a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge recommended their names.
With Chowdary’s appointment, the government has for the first time broken away with the tradition of appointing an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer as the chief of the anti-corruption watchdog since it was formed in 1964.
The appointments have come after opposition leaders including Congress President Sonia Gandhi had attacked the government over keeping these posts vacant and raised questions whether it was afraid of transparency.
Chowdary, a former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, is working as an Adviser in Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to check black money. He retired as Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in October, last year.
When reports appeared that Chowdary’s name was cleared, senior lawyers Ram Jethmalani and Prashant Bhushan criticised the government and questioned his credentials for the job.
Ram Jethmalani had written a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee expressing his concern over K V Chowdary’s appointment as the news CVC. On May 26, he had written an elaborate letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue.
Sharma, a former Environment Secretary, has been working as Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commissioner since 2012. He will have a tenure of about six months as he attains the age of 65 years on December 1, this year.
Both Chowdary and Bhasin have been appointed for a term of four years from the date on which they enter upon their office or till they attain the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier, an official release said.
Interestingly, former Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Rajiv, who is working as acting Central Vigilance Commissioner, is three batch senior to Chowdary. Rajiv is a 1975 batch IPS officer, whereas, Chowdary belongs to 1978 batch of IRS (Income Tax cadre).
The Central Vigilance Commission is headed by a CVC and comprises two vigilance commissioners and today’s appointment constitutes the full Commission.
In the CIC, there are vacancies of four Information Commissioners. The incumbents are Basant Seth, Yashovardhan Azad, Sharat Sabharwal, Manjula Prasher, M A Khan Yusufi and Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had attended the meeting for the selection of CIC while Home Minister Rajnath Singh attended the other meeting on CVC, held on June 1.
Central Information Commission, which is mandated to resolve appeals and complaints filed against government departments or public authorities by information seekers under the Right to Information Act, has been working without a Chief for over nine months, after the tenure of CIC Rajiv Mathur
ended on August 22, 2014.
A total of 40,051 cases — comprising 32,531 appeals and 7,520 complaints filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act — are pending in the Commission as on today, as per an official data.
The term of Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar had ended on September 28, last year, while Vigilance Commissioner J M Garg completed his tenure on September 7.
A total of 203 applicants were in the race for CIC and the government had received about 130 applications for the two vacant posts (CVC and Vigilance Commissioner) at the anti-corruption watchdog.
CVC, CIC appointments irk Ram Jethmalani, says his respect for PM Modi has ended
9 June 2015
Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Monday took to micro-blogging site Twitter to announce his breakup with Prime Minister Modi over the issue of appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
"My diminishing respect for you ends today," said the noted lawyer in his letter that was posted on social site Twitter.
Jethmalani's letter enclosed "clinching evidence of the Finance Minister's recommendee's total unfitness for the CVC post."
He said that he had sent four installments of the incriminating evidence in this regard to the prime minister.
Attacking Modi on the recent appointment of KV Chowdary as the CVC, the senior lawyer said that he had advised the prime minister not to make any appointment for the top job.
The senior lawyer even said that he was shocked to hear the Attorney General announce in the Supreme Court that appointment for the top job has already been made.
The Rajya Sabha member even challenged the prime minister saying that now they will fight in apex court and the court of the people of India.
This is not the first time when Jethmalani has written letter to the prime minister regarding the appointment of CVC. The letter dated May 26 and June 2 also emphasised on the fact that the senior lawyer was not ok with the CVC appointment.
CVC, CIC appointments irk Ram Jethmalani, says his respect for PM Modi has ended
With Chowdary's appointment, the government has for the first time broken away with the tradition of appointing an IAS officer as the chief of the anti-corruption watchdog since it was formed in 1964.
Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on Monday wrote a letter to Prime
Minister Modi expressing his dissatisfaction about the CVC appointment.
(Source: @RamJethmalani5/Twitter)
As the appointments were announced today, Jethmalani wrote in his letter to PM Modi, “My diminishing respect for you ends today.”
— Ram Jethmalani (@RamJethmalani5) June 8, 2015
Former CBDT chief K V Chowdary and Information Commissioner Vijai Sharma were on Monday appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), posts which have remained vacant for over nine months on which the government drew some flak.T M Bhasin, Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank, has also been appointed as Vigilance Commissioner.
Their appointments were approved today by President Pranab Mukherjee, a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said, a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge recommended their names.
With Chowdary’s appointment, the government has for the first time broken away with the tradition of appointing an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer as the chief of the anti-corruption watchdog since it was formed in 1964.
The appointments have come after opposition leaders including Congress President Sonia Gandhi had attacked the government over keeping these posts vacant and raised questions whether it was afraid of transparency.
Chowdary, a former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, is working as an Adviser in Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to check black money. He retired as Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in October, last year.
When reports appeared that Chowdary’s name was cleared, senior lawyers Ram Jethmalani and Prashant Bhushan criticised the government and questioned his credentials for the job.
Ram Jethmalani had written a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee expressing his concern over K V Chowdary’s appointment as the news CVC. On May 26, he had written an elaborate letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue.
My Letter dated 02.06.2015 to @RashtrapatiBhvn regarding appointment of K.V Chowdary as CVC pic.twitter.com/sdJ8aSykVj
— Ram Jethmalani (@RamJethmalani5) June 4, 2015
Page 1 of my Letter dated 26.05.2015 to @narendramodi regarding CVC issue. Sent to the @RashtrapatiBhvn too. pic.twitter.com/28syv5czfi — Ram Jethmalani (@RamJethmalani5) June 4, 2015
Page 2 of my Letter dated 26.05.2015 to @narendramodi regarding CVC issue. Sent to the @RashtrapatiBhvn too. pic.twitter.com/axKW7YStBc
— Ram Jethmalani (@RamJethmalani5) June 4, 2015
In the Central Information Commission, the government has followed
the convention of appointing the senior most Information Commissioner’s
as the CIC.Sharma, a former Environment Secretary, has been working as Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commissioner since 2012. He will have a tenure of about six months as he attains the age of 65 years on December 1, this year.
Both Chowdary and Bhasin have been appointed for a term of four years from the date on which they enter upon their office or till they attain the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier, an official release said.
Interestingly, former Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Rajiv, who is working as acting Central Vigilance Commissioner, is three batch senior to Chowdary. Rajiv is a 1975 batch IPS officer, whereas, Chowdary belongs to 1978 batch of IRS (Income Tax cadre).
The Central Vigilance Commission is headed by a CVC and comprises two vigilance commissioners and today’s appointment constitutes the full Commission.
In the CIC, there are vacancies of four Information Commissioners. The incumbents are Basant Seth, Yashovardhan Azad, Sharat Sabharwal, Manjula Prasher, M A Khan Yusufi and Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had attended the meeting for the selection of CIC while Home Minister Rajnath Singh attended the other meeting on CVC, held on June 1.
Central Information Commission, which is mandated to resolve appeals and complaints filed against government departments or public authorities by information seekers under the Right to Information Act, has been working without a Chief for over nine months, after the tenure of CIC Rajiv Mathur
ended on August 22, 2014.
A total of 40,051 cases — comprising 32,531 appeals and 7,520 complaints filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act — are pending in the Commission as on today, as per an official data.
The term of Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar had ended on September 28, last year, while Vigilance Commissioner J M Garg completed his tenure on September 7.
A total of 203 applicants were in the race for CIC and the government had received about 130 applications for the two vacant posts (CVC and Vigilance Commissioner) at the anti-corruption watchdog.
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