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 | Uttar Pradesh Guv, Samajwadi Party on collision course over Lokayukta appointment | | published on : 09-03-2015 | | Category : Appointments | | Lucknow: The ongoing tussle between the Samajwadi Party and Governor Ram Naik in Uttar Pradesh just went uglier. A couple of days after party president Mulayam Singh Yadav rushed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to protest the Governor's refusal to approve the Lokayukta of the government's choice, the Uttar Pradesh Assembly has initiated a bill to change the Lokayukta selection process itself.
In the unscheduled meeting with Modi, Mulayam is learnt to have apprised the former about how Naik has been "creating obstacles" in the working of the Akhilesh Yadav government in Lucknow. The appointment of the Lokayukta -- retired judge Ravindra Singh Yadav is the government's choice -- has become a bone of contention between the Akhilesh government and Raj Bhawan. The government has sent the name of justice Yadav to Naik five times, and each time Naik has returned it, citing two main reasons. First, the three-member selection panel -- comprising the chief minister, leader of opposition and chief justice -- never sat together to discuss his name. Second, justice Yadav’s name was sent despite objections raised by the chief justice.
On 27 August, the last day of the Assembly session, the government brought a Bill in the Assembly that seeks to eliminate the chief justice from the process. The Bill sought to amend the existing Act that would finish the role of the chief justice in the process of selection. The bill was passed by both the Houses within one hour amid loud protests by the entire opposition, which staged a walkout. It will now be sent for the Governor’s assent. The new Bill replaces the chief justice with the Vidhan Sabha Speaker in the panel to select the ombudsman. Besides, it introduces a new member - a retired judge of either the Supreme Court or high court. | | Related Keywords : | | appointment nall nall |
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