Corrupt judges part of search panel for Lokayukta: Uttarakhand BJP

DEHRADUN: Pitching strongly for people with clean image on the state government's search panel for a Lokayukta, BJP today sought Uttarakhand Governor K K Paul's intervention in the process for appointment of the anti-corruption body, alleging tainted judges were being made part of the committee.

In a representation to the Governor signed by BJP state general secretary Naresh Bansal, spokesman Munna Singh Chauhan, media incharge Devendra Bhasin and media cell convenor Ravindra Patwal, the party alleged judges whose names had cropped in connection with Ghaziabad's PF scam had been made part of the search committee constituted by the state government for the appointment of a Lokayukta.

The list of probables being prepared by the committee for appointment to the post of Lokayukta also consists of names of judges against whom the CBI, which was investigating the scam, had submitted an adverse report to the Supreme Court, the party leaders said in the memorandum.

The party also spoke of lack of clarity in the present Lokayukta Act as to whether the anti-corruption ombudsman will be free from the state government's control.

Terming the lacunae as vital, the party sought the Governor's intervention in the matter so that a Lokayukta worth its name is appointed in the state.