Govt to promulgate ordinance on more teeth to Lok Ayukta

Bangalore, July 31 (UNI) Karnataka Home Minister M P Prakash today said the state government is planning to promulgate an ordinance to provide more powers to Lok Ayukta to help remove corruption in government departments.

Replying to a query raised by K G Bhoppaiah of the BJP in the Legislative Assembly, Mr Prakash said the government was planning to bring an amendment to the Lok Ayukta Act during this Session itself.

Mr Prakash, who was replying on behalf of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, said an ordinance would be promulgated in this connection if the proposed amendment was not introduced during the Session.

The Lok Ayukta had conducted 54 raids and they were in different stages of investigation, he said.

The department had recovered property worth Rs 54 crore and kept in the strong room at its head office, he said.

UNI