GOVERNMENT FORMS GROUP OF MINISTERS ON CBI AUTONOMY
The Union Government on May 14, 2013 formed a Group of Ministers (GoM) to draft a law to insulate the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from external influence. The GoM, headed by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, has External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, IT and Communications Minister Kapil Sibal, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tiwari and Minister of State for personnel V. Narayansamy as Members.The Government's move came after the Supreme Court had rapped the CBI for being a 'caged parrot' of its political masters while hearing a case related to alleged irregularities in coal blocks allocation.
CBI has become a caged parrot. We can't have CBI a caged parrot speaking in master's voice. It is a sordid saga where there are many masters and one parrot.," the court had said during a hearing on May 6, 2013.
The Court's direction had come following an affidavit from the CBI director, who admitted to have shared a draft coal block allocation probe report with the former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and two joint secretaries from the Prime Minister's Office and the coal ministry.
The apex court had also asked the government to make an effort to come out with a law to insulate the CBI from external influence and intrusion. CBI director Ranjit Sinha is also reported to arrange for giving his input to the newly constituted group.
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