Vinod Rai brought credibility to CAG’s office

Whichever way one may choose to look at it, Mr Vinod Rai's tenure as the country's Comptroller and Auditor-General has been a game-changer, and will be a difficult act to follow for his successors. Much like Mr TN Seshan, who as Chief Election Commissioner showed for the first time that the Election Commission had a voice independent of the Government, Mr Rai demonstrated in his five-year term that the CAG was not to be taken for granted as a spineless organisation which did the Government's bidding.

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