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32 legislators in Karnataka fail to declare assets

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Lok Ayukta to send report to Governor on Monday
Statements should have been filed before June 30

BANGALORE: Lok Ayukta N. Santosh Hegde will send a report to Karnataka Governor T.N. Chaturvedi stating that Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and 31 other legislators did not file statements of their assets and liabilities for the year 2006 by Friday, which was the deadline.

Mr. Hegde told presspersons here on Saturday that the report would be sent on Monday. However, he would accept the statements of assets and liabilities in the next two months after which the list of defaulting legislators would be published in newspapers. “But this will not shield them from action to be initiated for their failure to file the details on time,” Mr. Hegde added.

Section 22 of the Karnataka Lok Ayukta Act makes it mandatory for legislators to submit details of assets and liabilities, including those of their family members, before June 30 every year.

The Lok Ayukta had asked legislators to file statements for the calendar year, January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 by June 29.

Prominent among those who failed to do so are Congress leaders D.K. Shivakumar, Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli and R. Roshan Baig. Karnataka Slum Clearance Board Chairman Rajendra Verma and Political Secretary to the Chief Minister Suryanarayana Reddy are among the defaulters.

The other legislators mentioned in the list obtained under the Right to Information Act are Mallikarjun Sahadevappa Akki, Anjanamurthy, Chandranna G., Govindappa B.G., H.R. Gavirayappa, Kyathasandra N. Rajanna, Mallikarjun Siddaramappa Khuba, N.S. Boseraju, Prakash Khandre, Rajendra Verma, Rajendran S., Ravikanth Sankarappa Patil, Sangameshwar B.K., Shivashankarappa T.H., Somashekar M.K., T. Bhagirathi Marulasiddanna Gowda, Veeranna Chandrashekaraiah Charantimath, Venkatamuniyappa B.P., Venkatesh M.P. and Vinaya Kulkarni. The MLCs on the list are Amatheppa M. Kandakur, Basavaraj Havegeppa Patil, Blasius M. D’Souza, Kattimani Ashok, Puttanna, Shankar S.M. and Shubhalatha Vasant Asnotikar.

The Lok Ayukta said that though Ramesh Raju M.D. had not filed his statement, action could not be initiated against him as he was no longer an MLC. His term ended on June 20, 2007. Mr. Hegde said the Chief Minister had sent a letter on Friday seeking more time to submit the details as his auditor had met with an accident. “But I don’t have the power to give time,” Mr. Hegde explained.

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