Congress flays Sanjay Kothari’s appointment as CVC, may move Court

NEW DELHI: The Congress here on Wednesday criticized the announcement of Sanjay Kothari’s name for the post of Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on Tuesday and demanded initiation of the fresh procedure for appointing the CVC. Addressing the media, Congress leader Manish Tiwari said Kothari’s name was not short-listed by the search committee and the Prime Minister had announced his name without any procedure.

Congress might move the Court if the government notified Kothari’s name, he said and demanded de novo procedure. Congress floor leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Chaudhry had made the objection clear, he added. “What happened on Tuesday had vitiated the process of appointing the CVC and the Vigilance Commissioner (VC) as the procedure and proprietary were thrown to the wind,” Tiwari said. The Congress said the search committee held two separate meetings — one for the CVC and the other for the VC — on November 18 under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary. (IANS)

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