The former Lokayukta N. Venkatachala has termed the recently enacted Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act “corrupt public servants’ protection Act”.
Instead of introducing a strong Lokpal legislation, the government had put forth a watered down version. The new system served the opposite purpose and in fact, protected the corrupt, he alleged.
Mr. Venkatachala was speaking at the eighth anniversary of Bhrashtachara Nirmoolana Vedike.
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A.T. Ramaswamy, who headed the Joint Legislature Committee on encroachment of government lands in Bangalore Urban district, criticised the State government for targeting small-time encroachers in the garb of action against encroachers in Bangalore. “The report I submitted brought out the encroachment of nearly 41,000 acres of land in Bangalore. Many bigwigs, developers and politicians have encroached government lands. But the government is going behind small-time poor dwellers,” he said.
Mr. Ramaswamy had submitted the report to the House in 2007.