BPAC, founded by prominent Bangaloreans including Mohandas Pai and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, wants to identify and support strong election candidates. Santosh Hegde, B N Vijayakumar and Rajeev Gowda share their thoughts too.
The dates may not yet be set for the MLC elections, but campaigning has heated up. Loksatta candidate Ashwin Mahesh is out urging graduates to register.
Entrepreneur-investor and Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar is convener of the chief minister’s ABIDe task force. ABIDe has not been able to reform the patchwork of agencies and vested interests running Bengaluru today. A Citizen Matters exclusive interview.
The Lokayukta or the “People’s Agent” was set up to uproot corruption. But our law-makers have ensured that it’s just another barking watchdog that cannot bite, leading to Justice Santosh Hegde’s resignation.
The corrupt have everywhere to run, but what does the Karnataka Lokayukta need to ensure that they have no place to hide? See what Justice Santosh Hegde has to say in this interview to Citizen Matters.