{"id":13562,"date":"2011-10-04T16:47:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T11:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=13562"},"modified":"2011-10-04T16:47:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T11:17:14","slug":"goa-to-pass-lokayukta-law-this-week-digambar-kamat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/goa-to-pass-lokayukta-law-this-week-digambar-kamat","title":{"rendered":"Goa to pass Lokayukta law this week:  Digambar Kamat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Digambar-Kamat.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/goa-to-pass-lokayukta-law-this-week-digambar-kamat\/digambar-kamat-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/Digambar-Kamat.jpg?fit=200%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,142\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Digambar Kamat\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/Digambar-Kamat.jpg?fit=200%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13563\" title=\"Digambar Kamat\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Digambar-Kamat.jpg?resize=200%2C142&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/Digambar-Kamat.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/10\/Digambar-Kamat.jpg?resize=150%2C106&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The Goa government will present and pass its own Lokayukta law in the two-day legislative assembly session starting Oct 5, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after the Congress-led government&#8217;s cabinet meeting, Kamat said that the council of ministers had approved the Lok Ayukta Bill. It &#8216;would be tabled and passed on Oct 5&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already expressed support for the bill, with some modifications.<\/p>\n<p>The party wants changes vis-a-vis bringing the law in consonance with the Right to Information (RTI) Act, which was not in existence at the time when the Goa Lokayukta Bill 2003 was first tabled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The bill can be placed in the house with certain modifications on the first day of the assembly and we assure the government that we will help them pass it,&#8217; said BJP leader Manohar Parrikar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The monsoon session of the Goa legislative assembly has been convened for two days starting Oct 5, during which the public accounts committee&#8217;s report on illegal mining is also expected to be tabled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Goa government will present and pass its own Lokayukta law in the two-day legislative assembly session starting Oct 5, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said Monday. &nbsp; Speaking to reporters after the Congress-led government&#8217;s cabinet meeting, Kamat said that the council of ministers had approved the Lok Ayukta Bill. 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