Karnataka Governor H R Bharadwaj has hit out at the state government over the issue of the appointment of a new Lokayukta.
"It is not a difficult job to find a Lokayukta. If they cannot find a suitable Lokayukta then I guess they must search on Google," is what Bharadwaj said in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The state government had recommended the name of Justice S R Bannurmath as the next Lokayukta. However, the Governor sent the file back stating that he required clarifications on the same.
Governor Bharadwaj said, "The file had come to me. However, I sent the file back as I required some clarifications. There is already some controversy surrounding the name of Justice Bannurmath. Hence, I had sent the file back."
Further commenting on the sudden transfer of a senior Lokayukta official two days after B S Yeddyurappa came out of jail, Bharadwaj said that this was a bad precedent
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