Chidambaram Cvc

• Sushma declines to comment on Chidambaram's charge

  Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today declined to comment on Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's charge that she was making "thoughtless allegations" on the issue of P J Thomas' appointment as the Central Vigilance Commissioner."The matter is pending in the Supreme Court. It is not proper for me to comment on the matter," she told reporters here.Ch...

• Knots and crosses for Sushma and Chidambaram

  The political warfare over PJ Thomas escalated today with the Home Minister and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj exchanging a new round of accusations. Well, they both charge each other with "tying" things up in "knots."Mr Thomas was appointed India's Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) in September last year by a three-member committee that consisted of th...

• HM's statement on Thomas an afterthought: Swaraj

  Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today termed as an "after thought" Home Minister P Chidambaram's claim that he had not misled the CVC selection panel and his contention that the BJP leader was making "thoughtless allegations". "I have seen that (Chidambaram's) statement. I have to only say that if he knew the case was pendi...

• CVC Thomas case: 'Chidambaram did not reveal truth initially,' says Sushma Swaraj

  And Sushma Swaraj has responded. To P Chidambaram's rebuttal of her statement yesterday. The BJP-Government war of words on the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas continues. On Wednesday morning, Home Minister P Chidambaram fired a salvo taking "exception to the statement by Ms Sushma Swaraj that I had 'misled the Selectio...

• Chidambaram objects to Sushma's charge on CVC

  The latest salvo in the BJP-Government war of words on the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas comes from Home Minister P Chidambaram, who has issued another statement taking "exception to the statement by Ms Sushma Swaraj that I had 'misled the Selection Committee' and told the Committee that Shri Thomas had been 'acquitted'."&...

• Chidambaram responds to Sushma Swaraj: Full statement

  Here's the press statement released by Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sushma Swaraj's remarks in CVC PJ Thomas case:I take exception to the statement by Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Hon'ble Leader of the Opposition, that I had "misled the Selection Committee" and told the Committee that Shri Thomas had been "acquitted".  Actually, Ms. Swaraj is tying he...

• Why was Thomas named CVC? Home Minister explains

  The government has made its stand clear on why PJ Thomas was selected as the country's Central Vigilance Commissioner. Home Minister P Chidambaram defended the appointment today. The Supreme Court has questioned why Mr Thomas was picked as the country's senior-most officer in charge of fighting corruption despite the fact that he had been chargeshe...