Bangalore, July 02: Amid the controversy surrounding the resignation of Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily today said the government was contemplating vesting the anti-corruption watchdog with Constitutional powers.
“Lokayukta cannot function on the whims and fancies of any state government and should function as an autonomous body,” Moily told reporters here.
Moily said the institution of Lokayukta was established to root out corruption in the country and “now there is a need to strengthen the Lokayukta by giving it more powers”.
“In this direction, I have recommended more autonomy for Lokayukta in my second Administrative Reforms Commission report,” Moily, who headed the Commission, said.
–Agencies