Central Vigilance Commissioner, PJ Thomas resigned yesterday after the Supreme Court found his appointment illegal. Mr Thomas has been implicated in a criminal case in the import of palm oil in 1992 in his home state of Kerala. The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Ms Sushma Swaraj objected to his appointment but she was overruled by the Prime Minister and Home Minister. Mr Thomas was Chief Secretary at the Department of Telecom at the time the 2G scam took place for which the then minister Mr Raja is in police custody yet he has not even been questioned about that. Instead he was appointed CVC and was in charge of investigating the same scam. Not shamed by the utter immorality of his appointment the government used taxpayer money to defend him in court. That is not surprising from the Congress gang. What is surprising is the power wielded by Mr Thomas, an IAS officer who has been able to evade justice for 20 years and rise in rank to the post of CVC despite being Mr Raja's Chief Secretary while the 2G scam was taking place. How was he able to force the Prime Minster and the Home Minister, the two most powerful men in the cabinet, to appoint him and then defend him in court? Is the IAS so powerful that officers can commit any crime, avoid investigation and then force politicians to promote them? Is it because they know the crimes committed by politicians and use the knowledge to blackmail them much like Edgar Hoover did to John Kennedy? If so we have a shadowy group of men and women wielding absolute power, without any accountability, in the heart of government. Terrifying.