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`IT'S ALL IN THE BOOK': The Lokayukta, N. Venkatachala, addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Thursday along with the Lokayukta Registrar, D. Krishnappa. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
BANGALORE: Differences between the Lokayukta, N. Venkatachala, and the Upa Lokayukta, Patri Basavanagowda, on the working of the Lokayukta became evident on Thursday with Mr. Venkatachala lashing out at Mr. Basavanagowda for his reported statement in a section of press. In the statement, which appeared in a Kannada newspaper on Wednesday, Mr. Basavanagowda said the Lokayukta and the Upa Lokayukta have no power to raid government offices or hospitals without a complaint. He also said the delay of more than three years in appointing the Upa Lokayukta has kept pending around 11,000 cases and several complaints. Mr. Basavanagowda took charge as Upa Lokayukta in December 2004. "It really pains me to read the statement by the Upa Lokayukta. The statement, if true, will send wrong signals to people and government officials. While people will feel unhappy for being deprived of an authority to complain about corruption, government officials, on other hand, may feel happy that they can now go on with their corrupt practices," Mr. Venkatachala told presspersons on Thursday. Mr. Venkatachala said the raids conducted by him and his officers were "very much legal and within the powers vested in me under the Karnataka Lokayukta Act." About the pending cases, Mr. Venkatachala said that during the period of non-appointment of Upa Lokayukta, he acted as Upa Lokayukta and disposed of 9,670 of the 17,803 complaints. Mr. Basavanagowda, after his appointment, received 773 cases and disposed of 390 cases. The Lokayukta, he said, has disposed of 36,279 of 48,877 complaints received since he took charge in July 2001. The number of complaints pending as on Thursday was 10,787, he said. The cause for differences, Mr. Venkatachala said, is the Government's inaction in amending the Lokayukta Act. "The present Act has compartmentalised the working of the Lokayukta and the Upa Lokayukta by giving them separate powers. The division of powers paves the way for the Government to divide and rule the institution," he remarked.
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