Social activist who flung pamphlets at Shettar arrested

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsA social activist, who flung pamphlets demanding appointmentof Lokayukta at Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar during theIndependence Day function was arrested, police said.Jayakumar Hiremath, who was sitting at VIP enclave, hurledpamphlets demanding appointment of Lokayukta when Shettar was inspecting theIndependence Day parade on a vehicle, police said.However the Chief Minister remained unfazed and went on withparade inspection.Hiremath, an executice committee member of All India FreedomFighters Sangha, was overpowered and whisked away by police immediately afterthe incident and arrested, police said.The post of Lokayukta was lying remained vacant sinceSeptember 19 last year after former Supreme Court Judge Shivaraj Patil, whosucceeded high-profile Santosh Hegde, quit in the wake of allegations ofgetting land allotment in violation of rules.After his exit, the BJP government recommended the name offormer Kerala High Court Chief Justice S R Bannurmath, but the Governor refusedto accept it insisting on a "spotless candidate".On July 23, Karnataka High Court had directed government tobegin the process of appointment and rejected its contention that Lokayuktawould be appointed after the Supreme Court gave its verdict on a Special LeavePetition challenging the High Court's order of quashing appointment of JusticeChandrashekaraiah as Upa Lokayukta.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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