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Patna,(BiharTimes): When the opposition parties and several citizens’ groups––even Team Anna––last December criticized the Nitish Kumar government for rushing the Bihar Lokayukta Bill 2011 just to take credit, the ruling NDA strongly rebutted the charges. |
Now within four months of its passiage the state government on Monday introduced amendments in its Lokayukta Act. It also amended the Bihar Special Survey and Settlement Act, 2011, which was also passed during the last Winter Session of the state Assembly, which concluded on the first week of December 2011.
After the Monday’s amendment the word ku-prasashan (bad administration), has been redefined. It now empowers the Lokayukta to recommend revision in the action taken against certain officials if it is found that the decisions taken by them were more errors of judgement than being part of illegal gratification.
Moving the amendment to the Bihar Lokayukta Act, parliamentary affairs minister, Vijendra Prasad Yadav said that in the Act a word “parivad” (complaint) has been used which means a claim by any person that injustice was done to him or he got hurt due to ku-prashasan. But, the phrase ku-prashasan has not been explained in the Act. If the complaint of anybody about bad governance is found true, the minister said that there is no provision of action. "The purpose of moving the amendment is to clarify the phrase ku-prashasan and inserting provision for action when the complaint is found true.
Rejecting the points raised by leader of Opposition Abdul Bari Siddiqui, the minister said that the purpose was to bring more clarity in the Act. Siddiqui, on his
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