Gandhinagar, 2 April 2013

The Gujarat Assembly passed the new Lokayukta Aayog Bill 2013 today by majority votes.

Opposition Congress party staged walkout out in protest against this bill that curtails the primacy of the chief justice of the high court and the governor in appointment process of Lokayukta.

The bill proposes to give all the powers of the appointment to a selection committee headed by chief minister and wants the governor to act on the recommendations of this committee.