No compromise in fighting corruption: New CVC

New Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar oday asserted that there will be no compromise in fighting corruption and warned people to refrain from "witch hunt" to settle personal scores. Pradeep Kumar rightly said that corruption is not particularly confined to a higher class society or a lower class society. Wherever corruption is there it has to be dealt strictly and persistently. He told the reporters that the only caveat he put into the pursuit is to punish the corrupt where a settling of personal scores wont take place. He is for creating such an environment where honest people can work fearlessly. Kumar, who took over as CVC today, declined to comment over the appointment of his predecessor P J Thomas, whose appointment was quashed by the Supreme Court pending a charge sheet of corruption against him in a Kerala court. Thomas plea of urgent hearing in the matter before the appointment of Kumar was refused by the Delhi High Court. Kumar's appointment was decided by a panel comprising of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Miniter P Chidambaram and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on July 2. Kumar was today administered oath of office by the President. The CVC said "Corruption is a kind of disease which is affecting the country and the people. We cannot and we will not compromise in the fight against corruption. We will try to develop a system where corrupt have no place to hide". Kumar said who will have a tenure of shorter spam of three years, said "corrupt persons will be punished swiftly and definitely". Later, he had an interaction with the Commissioner's officers who briefed him about the functioning of the anti-corruption watchdog. The CVC advocated leveraging technology and to reduce human interference to promote probity in dealings of public departments. The swearing-in-ceremony was attended by Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, Chief Election Commissioner S Y  Quraishi and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha among others. The CVC also added that they have a lot of expectations and said that they will disharge their responsibility to the best of their abilities.   Reported by        AR