A Public Interest Litigation (PIL), challenging the appointment of the new Comptroller and Auditor General has been filed in the Supreme Court. The Court will now hear the matter in July. Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma is set to take charge as the new CAG and his appointment is already being questioned by the Opposition, which calls it a case of conflict of interest.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley said he was not making remark about the individual but it was an ‘institutional conflict of interest’. Sharma handled several defence acquisitions and the government has given no reason for appointing him as CAG.
