UPA will gift weak Lokpal

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsTaking a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former LokayuktaJustice Santhosh Hedge said that the UPA govt was not favouring the Jan Lokpal Bill fearing that its huge scams would be put under investigation.He added that if the government had prevented scams such as the 2G spectrumand others, there would have been no inflation. Hegde was delivering the 500th lecture on corruption atthe Maharani’s Arts and Commerce College for Women here on Saturday. He said that the Union government didn’t want a Lokpal institution.“It will bring a ‘weak’ legislation to protect themselves after 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Even in the appointment of a Lokayukta, the state government may have different plans to appoint as it fears that they will be in trouble if the appointment is made now,” he said.On huge scams of the UPA government, he said the coal lease should have been allotted to power generating companies and manufacturing units but it was not done.first published:September 23, 2012, 09:04 ISTlast updated:September 23, 2012, 09:04 IST
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Taking a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former LokayuktaJustice Santhosh Hedge said that the UPA govt was not favouring the Jan Lokpal Bill fearing that its huge scams would be put under investigation.

He added that if the government had prevented scams such as the 2G spectrumand others, there would have been no inflation. Hegde was delivering the 500th lecture on corruption atthe Maharani’s Arts and Commerce College for Women here on Saturday. He said that the Union government didn’t want a Lokpal institution.

“It will bring a ‘weak’ legislation to protect themselves after 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Even in the appointment of a Lokayukta, the state government may have different plans to appoint as it fears that they will be in trouble if the appointment is made now,” he said.On huge scams of the UPA government, he said the coal lease should have been allotted to power generating companies and manufacturing units but it was not done.