Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who openly supported Anna Hazare’s fast for a Jan Lokpal Bill, has been sitting over the appointment of a Lokayukta in Gujarat.
The post of Lokayukta in Gujarat has been vacant for seven years and, despite a name for Lokayukta being forwarded to the Gujarat government by the governor and the Chief Justice of the Gujarat HC, the Modi government is shying away from issuing a formal notification announcing the appointment. Mr Modi attracted national attention when he supported Mr Hazare’s recent campaign.