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BJP’s opposition to Guj Lokayukta unfortunate: Cong

LS was adjourned till noon after BJP created uproar over “undemocratic” appointment of Lokayukta.

Congress today termed as “very unfortunate” the BJP’s protest over the appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat.

“What they (BJP) are demanding in Delhi,they are opposing in Gujarat. It is very unfortunate,” Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters outside Parliament.

The Lok Sabha was on Tuesday adjourned till noon after BJP MPs created uproar over the “undemocratic” appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat by Governor Kamla Beniwal.

BJP has maintained that the Lokayukta was appointed by the Governor without consulting Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Congress MP JP Aggarwal said,“First they (BJP) said Lokayukta should be appointed. When Lokayukta was appointed,they are opposing and saying it is an attack on the federal structure. They should not have disrupted the House.”

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