No wonder a BJP man is saying this. D V Sadananda Gowda, who is not
able to find a clean person for the post of the Lokayukta, said,
“There are few people not facing allegations of irregularities. It is
difficult to find such a person.”
It looks like a soul searching statement because Gowda, who came as a
replacement for the tainted chief minister Yeddyurappa, is not above
board himself. He was welcomed for the post with media reports on
illegal amalgamation of his BDA site with an adjacent one. He had got
the site under G-category even when he had a property in his name. His
leader Yeddyurappa had gifted it so as the chief minister chair.
A grateful Sadananda Gowda is prompt enough to push Justice S R
Bannurmath for the Lokayukta because he is Yeddyurappa’s choice. As he
is known for his austerity he is also an epitome of the great
principles like honesty and loyalty. He is honest to himself and loyal
to his leader. And it is always easy to flaunt your austerity, if the
leader is behind you to alleviate your poverty. No risk of getting
caught and no chance of becoming a villain in public eye. All that you
need is to be loyal and trustworthy.
Gowda knows it well, so if Yeddyurappa reserves Lokayukta office for
his community and chooses a Lingayat, then he follows it dutifully. If
the outgoing is a Lingayat, then incoming must also be a Lingayat.
While it is the easiest principle to follow, hard to find a Lingayat
not so tainted, and Gowda is lamenting: “It is difficult to find such
a person.”
There is another easy way out for him: don’t find anybody. Any how, it
is Yeddyurappa’s best option too. Keep the Lokayukta post vacant, in
any case there is an Upa-Lokayukta who can act as the Lokayukta. Best,
Justice S B Majjigi he is a Lingayat. Further best, it is in alignment
with Modi formula, the Bible word for the BJP. He kept the Lokayukta
post vacant for seven years in Gujrath, and if any BJP chief minister
wants to bring in a Gujrath model of development, then he must see to
it that there is no Lokayukta in his state.
For a change, the governor has come handy this time around. He is
sitting on the proposal of the Lokayukta appointment saying he was
convinced with the choice, but this gives a pretext for Gowda to pull
on.
And there is no threat for his cabinet with L K Advani, the paragon of
virtue, sharing the dais with R Ashok against whom the Lokayukta
police have filed FIR. That means no minister is required to resign
when he is charged with corruption. Advani will demand it as his job
is done after ousting Yeddyurappa and sending him to jail. Now he only
says, “The accused are only accused, they are not proven guilty. They
need not have to quit.” Good for the stability of his cabinet, so it
is good reason to smile for an ever-grinning Gowda.
Further, as he as discovered it, there is no human being who is
infallible on the earth, Gowda can allow himself to be fallible and
you should not mind it. After all politics is a hamam and in hamame
sab nange.
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