CAG's Opinion on Issues other than Audit
THE CAG has strong opinions on issues that are far away from his designated so-called Constitutional role. Addressing the IPS Probationers last month, the CAG lamented:
Governance is at its lowest ebb; the morale of the civil servants is low; credibility of the government is at its lowest; decision-making has become a casualty.
We have Chief Ministers who have had to vacate their positions allegedly for graft, on whom courts and other judicial bodies have made adverse pronouncements. We have Union Cabinet Ministers who are in prison. We have Union Cabinet Ministers who have had to vacate their positions, allegedly on complaints of ill doing. We have Members of Parliament who are being indicted by the judiciary for various acts, including accepting cash for exercising their vote in Parliament and also seeking cash to ask questions in the House. In the civil service, we have many examples. They are too many to merit counting now!