Narendra Modi's Gujarat Assembly approves Lokayukta Aayog Bill 2013, Guv's recommendations ignored
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Lokayukta Commission Bill 2013 got state Assembly nod on Tuesday which was recently returned by the State Governor Kamla Beniwal.
As per reports, the bill was passed without making changes sought by the Governor.
The three-day monsoon session of the Gujarat Assembly had begun yesterday and now the bill will be sent again to the Governor for her approval.
However, as the bill will reach to the Governor for the second time, she is obliged to sign it or send it to the President of India for the appoval.
The Lokayukta Aayog Bill, 2013 proposes to give all the powers of the appointment to a selection committee headed by Chief Minister and wants Governor to act on the recommendations of this committee.
The above feature of the bill was not agreeable by Beniwal as the bill will virtually eliminate the governor as well as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court from the process.
The new bill also proposed a special provision which gives pivotal power to the state government in excluding any ‘public functionaries’ from the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta, reports said.
The Gujarta Assembly session will end on October 3. However, the House will meet for only three days as October 2 is a holiday in view of Gandhi Jayanti. The state government is also expected to bring a resolution congratulating chief minister Narendra Modi as the BJP's PM candidate.
Today when the bill was passed the opposition was not present in the assembly. The Modi government took the full advantage of this situation and passed the controversial bill without any consultation, according to reports.
As per reports, the bill was passed without making changes sought by the Governor.
The three-day monsoon session of the Gujarat Assembly had begun yesterday and now the bill will be sent again to the Governor for her approval.
However, as the bill will reach to the Governor for the second time, she is obliged to sign it or send it to the President of India for the appoval.
The above feature of the bill was not agreeable by Beniwal as the bill will virtually eliminate the governor as well as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court from the process.
The new bill also proposed a special provision which gives pivotal power to the state government in excluding any ‘public functionaries’ from the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta, reports said.
The Gujarta Assembly session will end on October 3. However, the House will meet for only three days as October 2 is a holiday in view of Gandhi Jayanti. The state government is also expected to bring a resolution congratulating chief minister Narendra Modi as the BJP's PM candidate.
Today when the bill was passed the opposition was not present in the assembly. The Modi government took the full advantage of this situation and passed the controversial bill without any consultation, according to reports.
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