Bangalore, April 13: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev today appealed to the government to arm the Jan Lokpal bill with more power to punish the corrupt, saying it should not go the way of Lokayukta Act which he described as toothless.
The bill, which is an important step to root out corruption should not go the way of Lokayukta Act, which is toothless, Ramdev told reporters here.
“With all due respect to Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, he cannot take any big step against the Chief Minister and even the officers who have been indicted by the Lokayukta and suspended are later reinstated”, he said.
The Lokpal should enjoy autonomous status like Supreme Court and help anyone file an FIR against the corrupt, he said.
-Agencies