Bangalore, June 24: Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde today slammed the BJP government for reneging on its electoral promise of arming the institution with more powers after Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa remained non-committal on the issue.
“Why did they (BJP) promise in their election manifesto that they will give more powers (to Lokayukta),” he said.
Hegde’s statement came after Yeddyurappa told reporters earlier in the day that he could not give any commitment on granting suo motu powers to Lokayukta.
“Hegde’s resignation was unexpected and unfortunate…It has hurt me also…(But) I cannot commit myself on the matter (granting suo motu powers to Lokayukta). I am not a dictator.
We have to weigh pros and cons. It has to be discussed in the cabinet and come to a decision,” Yeddyurappa had said.
–Agencies