BANGALORE: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly N. Dharam Singh on Wednesday criticised the Government for its failure in meeting the deadline in the appointment of chairpersons of various boards and corporations and termed the decision to make all appointments in 10 days as a "childish" act.

Mr. Singh said he would bring out next week a collection of letters written to him by former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda when he was heading the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition Government.

The performance of the Kumaraswamy Government was "zero" in the last six months, he said and demanded that the coalition outline the programmes it had launched after assuming office. He termed as "rubbish" the claim made by Janata Dal (Secular) spokesman Y.S.V. Datta, MLC, that the performance of the Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party Government was better than previous ones.

Addressing presspersons, he said the deadlines set by the coalition Government in the last six months had turned out to be mere ruses to keep their legislators in good humour. Government had no clarity on the Office of Profit (OoP) Bill, which had been returned to Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Krishna by Governor T.N. Chaturvedi seeking certain clarifications.

The Governor had sought clarifications on the Bill on the grounds that any amendment to be made in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Constitution and the law laid down by the Supreme Court.

Mr. Chatuverdi suggested that the Bill could only be given prospective effect and not retrospective, as stated in the legislation.

Mr. Singh wanted to know whether the Government would reply to the questions raised by the Governor.

Mr. Singh alleged that the Government was discriminating against some districts in sanctioning of projects. The Chief Minister visited Hassan district 12 times in the last six months and sanctioned projects worth Rs. 1,700 crore, he said.

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