K'taka Lokayukta row: Oppn seeks CBI inquiry
4 July 2015 5:24 AM IST
Building pressure for the removal of <g data-gr-id="13">Lokaykuta</g> Bhaskar Rao and demanding a CBI probe into alleged bribery scandal in the anti-graft body, Opposition BJP and JDS members on Thursday staged a walkout from the Legislative Council, accusing the government of shielding the corrupt.
As the House proceedings began, BJP and JDS sought to move an adjournment motion on the scandal that has rocked the Lokayukta office and demanded removal of Rao, alleging his son was involved in corruption amounting to crores of rupees.
In their joint notice for <g data-gr-id="10">adjournment</g> motion, both the parties said several social organisations, legal fraternity and its associations had expressed their dismay against the "corrupt" Lokayukta.
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