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Suspended BJP MP on protest fast against Himachal's Lokayukta act
Thursday April 05, 2012 03:12:10 PM,
IANS
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Shimla: A suspended
parliamentarian of Himachal Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) was on a day-long fast Thursday in the shadow of the
statue of Mahatma Gandhi here to protest against the 'draconian'
provisions of the state's proposed Lokayukta Act.
Rajan Sushant, Lok Sabha MP from Kangra, told IANS that the
proposed legislation was aimed at creating "fear psychosis in the
minds of the complainants as it's prescribing a punishment of one
year if the complaint is found to be frivolous".
"It's very weak and ineffective as most of the powers (to act
against corruption) have been kept by the government with itself,"
he said, adding "it aims to provide illegitimate protection to
corrupt people rather than to punish them".
The MP, who is on a day-long fast demanding an effective Lokayukta
system by giving more powers to the ombudsman, also questioned the
"inability" of the state BJP to follow its own governments in
Karnataka and Uttarakhand.
"If Karnataka and Uttarakhand can give more teeth to Lokayukta,
why not this state," he said.
"This means the state BJP disowns its own party models in
Uttarakhand and Karnataka," he said.
Pointing to loopholes in Himachal's Lokayukta bill that was listed
for discussion Friday, the last day of the budget, Sushant said
most of the powers - to give prosecution sanction - still remain
with the government.
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