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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | PM not in favour of changes in selection process of CAG -Mohua Chatterjee

PM not in favour of changes in selection process of CAG -Mohua Chatterjee

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published Published on Nov 9, 2012   modified Modified on Nov 9, 2012
-The Times of India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has turned down suggestions from both Left and BJP leaders on considering changes in the appointment process of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG), while replying to a letter from CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta on November 5. The PM, however, is open to changes in the appointment, resignation and removal process of election commissioners, including the chief election commissioner, as part of electoral reforms.

On the issue of CEC, the PM said in his reply, "I would like to point out that the procedure for appointment, resignation and removal of chief election commissioner and other election commissioners, as laid down by the government... has been in existence for a long period... Any change in the procedure... would require wide ranging discussions with other political parties. This, if necessary, can be taken up as a part of the agenda for electoral reforms."

But clearly opposed to any change with regard to appointment of the CAG, the PM said, "The procedure adopted for the appointment of CAG by the President was followed by the earlier governments also and has stood the test of time. Further, CAG reports are examined by the parliamentary committee concerned, which makes recommendations to the executive for corrective action, if any. The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has traditionally been a member of the main opposition party. In view of this, there does not seem to be any urgent need to set up a committee for appointment of CAG."

The PM's letter to Dasgupta was in reply to the senior CPI MP's letter to him on May 25. In the letter, he had asked the PM to consider changes in the process of appointing the chief election commissioner and the CAG. It was written in the light of the controversy over the selection of P J Thomas as CVC, when leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj had accused the government of subverting the system and bulldozing the process to appoint a person of its choice.

Dasgupta had also approached Swaraj and L K Advani with his proposal earlier, following which Advani also wrote to the PM on the same lines, asking for a collegium to be set up to select the CAG and CEC, just as there is a panel of three that selects the CVC.

While Dasgupta's suggestion is to have a three-member collegium including the PM, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India, Advani had suggested a five-member panel to choose the CEC and the CAG.

The Times of India, 9 November, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-not-in-favour-of-changes-in-selection-process-of-CAG/articleshow/17149883.cms


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