Zee News:Tuesday, September 26, 2011.
Panaji: State BJP on Monday said that rather than going for a new bill, the state government should table the Goa Lokayukta Bill 2003 during the forthcoming assembly session.
Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar, who met chief minister Digambar Kamat today, said that it has been suggested that the 2003 Bill, which needs certain amendments, should be tabled in the House, rather than tabling a new bill.
Goa state legislative assembly session will begin from October 5.
Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar, who met chief minister Digambar Kamat today, said that it has been suggested that the 2003 Bill, which needs certain amendments, should be tabled in the House, rather than tabling a new bill.
Goa state legislative assembly session will begin from October 5.
"The bill can be placed with certain modifications on the first day of the assembly and we assure the government that we will help them pass it on the second day," Parrikar told reporters here.
Even though the Goa State Law Commission has prepared a new Goa Lokayukta Bill, 2011 which was supposed to be placed before the session, the state Law Department has pointed out certain anomalies in the new bill.
During an interaction with the civil rights groups on Sunday in Goa, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde had also said that the state should place the old bill. "It will take almost two years, if the process is initiated afresh," he had said.
Goa Lokayukta Bill, 2003 was passed in the assembly in the year 2007 and referred to the Centre for the President's assent. However, it was referred back to the state government, as certain sections in it were clashing with the Right to Information Act (RTI).
Even though the Goa State Law Commission has prepared a new Goa Lokayukta Bill, 2011 which was supposed to be placed before the session, the state Law Department has pointed out certain anomalies in the new bill.
During an interaction with the civil rights groups on Sunday in Goa, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde had also said that the state should place the old bill. "It will take almost two years, if the process is initiated afresh," he had said.
Goa Lokayukta Bill, 2003 was passed in the assembly in the year 2007 and referred to the Centre for the President's assent. However, it was referred back to the state government, as certain sections in it were clashing with the Right to Information Act (RTI).
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