Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
Instead of trying to politically encash Anna Hazare’s campaign against
corruption, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi should appoint Lokayaukta in
Gujarat. Lashing out against Chief Minister, Leader of Opposition
Shaktisinh Gohil said that it was irony of the situation that the
Chief Minister who was talking about the campaign for Lokayukta,
himself has not appointed lokayukta in Gujarat.
He said that this is despite the fact that Gujarat has a system of Lokayukta, no Lokayukta has been appointed after Modi took over as Chief Minister.
Gohil said that this is because Lokayukta can investigate the rampant
corruption of Chief Minister and his ministers. Giving details of the
appointment of new Lokayukta, he said that as per the provisions of
the Lokayukta Act Chief Justice of Gujarat had already recommended to
Governor the name of the Lokayukta and the Governor had also approved
it. In such a situation Gujarat government has just to announce the
appointment.
He pointed out that as per the law, Chief Minister cannot
make any change in the names. He has ulterior motive in not announcing
the name, Gohil said. In the 50 years of Gujarat no chief minister has given away precious land at throw away price, but the present Chief Minister has given
billions of sq meter of land to industrialists on a platter. With the
blessings of the Chief Minister, Gauchar land and flour for children
is also siphoned off. Asserting that for this reason alone Lokayukta
is not appointed in Gujarat, Gohil made a strong demand for the appointment of Lokayukta.
Gohil said that Chief Minister was indulging in rampant corruption and
he was sheltering corrupt people. But Chief Minister is not interested
in checking his own corruption or the corruption in his government
machinery. The time is ripe in Gujarat for a leader like Anna Hazare to launch campaign against corruption in Gujarat.
Chief Minister remained silent when the corruption of
Karnataka Chief Minister came to light. He is a mute spectator to the
corruption by his ministers and his favourites in Gujarat. Poor do not
get free plots for residence and landless do not get land for cultivation.
But industrialists get free land by shady deals with the Chief
Minister. He is minting money while making a show of curbing
corruption in small cases and for this reason he is not appointing Lokayukta in Gujarat.
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