Bangalore:
A 'save Lokayukta' campaign began in Bangalore on Monday to press for the appointment of a Lokayukta in Karnataka.
Several activists participated in the dharna, launched under the banner of Jana Jagruthi Andolana at Freedom Park here, in which veteran freedom fighter HS Doreswamy Iyenger, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde and others took part.
Karnataka unit JDU president Dr MP Nadagouda and former MLC, AK Subbaiah also participated in the dharna, which will be staged till June 16.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Hegde urged the government to appoint a Lokayukta at the earliest and said the institution which fights corruption should not be turned into a 'lame duck'.
The Lokayukta office has remained vacant since about nine months after Shivaraj Patil quit in September 2011 following a controversy over securing allotment of a residential site in his wife's name, which the retired Supreme Court judge surrendered later.
Governor HR Bhardwaj refused to appoint retired judge SR Bannurmath as Lokayukta as he also faced a land allotment controversy.
Several activists participated in the dharna, launched under the banner of Jana Jagruthi Andolana at Freedom Park here, in which veteran freedom fighter HS Doreswamy Iyenger, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde and others took part.
Karnataka unit JDU president Dr MP Nadagouda and former MLC, AK Subbaiah also participated in the dharna, which will be staged till June 16.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Hegde urged the government to appoint a Lokayukta at the earliest and said the institution which fights corruption should not be turned into a 'lame duck'.
The Lokayukta office has remained vacant since about nine months after Shivaraj Patil quit in September 2011 following a controversy over securing allotment of a residential site in his wife's name, which the retired Supreme Court judge surrendered later.
Governor HR Bhardwaj refused to appoint retired judge SR Bannurmath as Lokayukta as he also faced a land allotment controversy.
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