Punjab Lokpal Post Remains Vacant for Nearly a Year Despite AAP's Anti-Corruption Pledge

AAP came to power on Lokpal promise but Punjab's year-long wait for one continues. Lokpal was one of the defining demands of the anti-corruption movement that led to the birth of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). In Punjab, where the party has been in power since 2022, that very institution has been vacant for almost a year. Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma completed his term as Punjab Lokpal on October 8 last year. Nearly 12 months later, no successor has yet been appointed. The prolonged vacancy is particularly striking for a party whose political origins lie in the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption movement and whose founder, Arvind Kejriwal , had made the Jan Lokpal one of his princi