Supreme Court Bench’s criticism of Union Ministers, PMO and bureaucracy interfering in the official business of CBI is an eye-opener showing how deep and sordid corruption, favouritism and partisanship are embedded in our administration. The Bench, reflecting on Coalgate case, called the CBI a “caged parrot speaking the language of his master.” What is worst is that there is not only one master, there are so many of them. How can any investigation report of the CBI be impartial and objective when it has first to be whetted by a minister or a bureaucrat or the PMO? It is a big joke with the people of India. Rightly, the Supreme Court has directed the Government to set CBI free from all shackles and ensure that nobody interferes in its probes. No report of the CBI has to be shown to anybody except the 33-member committee of investigators.
Another bitter truth about this episode is that the Director of CBI has frankly stated that the organization is not free from interference and intrusion. This confession should pave the way for drastic reform in the entire structure of this organization. If it is not reformed and made autonomous, it will remain a slur on the nation because it has lost the credibility about its impartiality.
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