Corruption-free government possible without Lokayukta: Rawat

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday said providing a corruption-free and transparent government is possible even without a

Lokayukta.

However, Rawat said that he was not against the creation of the anti-corruption ombudsman organisation in the

state.

"In the last three years of our tenure we have proved that corruption-free good governance can be given to the people even without the Lokayukta," the chief minister

said.

"Though I am not saying the Lokayukta will not be created, our government believes in working in a manner that the need for a Lokayukta does not arise," Rawat told a press conference on completing three years in office.

The Lokayukta Bill was introduced in the state assembly in its very first session after the BJP government took over and the legislation is now a property of the House, the chief minister said.