Hegde says he was not willing to become Goa Lokayukta

Refuses to elaborate statement, asks people to vote for candidates supporting Goa Lokayukta Bill

PTI | September 26, 2011



Former Karnataka lokayukta justice Santosh Hegde on Monday said he was not willing to be Goa lokayukta, even if that office was offered to him.

Talking to reporters after attending a private function near Panaji, Hegde replied in negative when asked whether he would like to take up the job.

"No," he said, without elaborating.

On Sunday, Hegde had talked about loopholes in the draft Goa Lokayukta Bill, 2011, prepared by the Goa law commission.

The bill is likely to be tabled before the legislative assembly on October 5, when the winter session would begin.

Interacting with the civil society groups in Goa on Sunday, Hegde said that voters should support only those candidates who promise to support the Lokayukta Bill in the state assembly.

Hegde, a former supreme court judge, had also said that Goa government should notify Goa Lokayukta Bill, 2003, rather than working on a new bill, which would delay the appointment of Lokayukta in the state by another two years.

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