New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is planning to appoint former chief vigilance office (CVO) of AIIMS, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, as the head of Delhi's anti-corruption bureau.
Sources said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led government will approve the appointment on Saturday soon after taking the charge.
A senior party leader said that the first priority of the government, besides implementing its manifesto, will be to end corruption and Chaturvedi's appointment will be AAP's first big anti-corruption move.
When senior AAP leader and MLA from Patparganj, Manish Sisodia, was contacted, he said, "Sanjiv Chaturvedi is a very honest officer and it will be great if he joins.”
The AAP had earlier alleged that Chaturvedi, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, was victimized for exposing corruption in the Central government-run hospital.
In August last year, the Health Ministry had removed Sanjiv Chaturvedi as the CVO of saying he was not eligible for the post and the Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) had not cleared his appointment.
Kejriwal-led AAP swept the Delhi election by winning 67 of 70 seats in the Assembly. The BJP managed to bag only three seats.
