{"id":2219,"date":"2023-12-26T07:10:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T07:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haqiquatnews.com\/new\/?p=2219"},"modified":"2023-12-28T05:14:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T05:14:06","slug":"mahua-moitra-calls-lokpal-headless-points-to-rti-showing-nearly-half-the-member-posts-vacant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haqiquatnews.com\/english\/?p=2219","title":{"rendered":"Mahua Moitra Calls Lokpal \u2018Headless\u2019, Points to RTI Showing Nearly Half the Member Posts Vacant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi:<\/strong>\u00a0Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, while calling out the Lokpal on its functioning, said that the anti-corruption ombudsman has not had a chairman for over a year and nearly half the member seats are vacant.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Moitra called the anti-corruption body \u201cheadless\u201d and said, \u201cAmused to see how headless LokPal with no full time Chairman \u201creferred\u201d my case to CBI. RTI of 3\/11\/23 says LokPal has no Chairman since May 2022 &amp; 3 of\u00a0 8 member posts also vacant!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moitra\u2019s post has come in response to the Lokpal referring her case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for investigation of the\u00a0cash-for-query allegations\u00a0against the TMC MP.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Right to Information (RTI) response dated November 3, the anti-corruption ombudsman has not had a chairman after Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose left the post in May last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ghose was the first and only chairperson the Lokpal has had since the body was constituted in 2014. Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty, a judicial member of Lokpal, is currently the acting chairperson.<\/p>\n<p>The RTI also showed that three out of eight member posts are vacant. In March this year, the Lokpal was criticised by a parliamentary committee for its non-performance and failure to fill the post of chairperson and other members, the\u00a0<em>New Indian Express<\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey had approached the Lokpal on October 21 alleging that Moitra had compromised national security by sharing her parliament login credentials with unauthorised persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Hope Rs 13,000 crore Adani coal scam merits CBI PE before my witchhunt,\u201d Mahua was quoted by the\u00a0<em>Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0as saying<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:\u00a0Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, while calling out the Lokpal on its functioning, said that the anti-corruption ombudsman has not had a chairman for over a year and nearly half the member seats are vacant. 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