Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has
recommended a two-year extension to Lokayukta Justice (Retd) N
K Mehrotra, highly placed sources said on Friday.
A recommendation to this effect was sent yesterday
but it has not yet got the approval of the Governor, sources
said.
They said the the Lokayukta, whose term ended yesterday,
is likely to get an extension of two years.
Justice Mehrotra had made a recommendation against
several of ministerial colleagues of former Chief Minister
Mayawati, following which about half a dozen of them were
sacked by her.
The Lokayukta, who had recommended CBI probe against
former UP minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui, a close aide of
Mayawati, and several other ex-ministers, is probing
corruption cases against several other BSP leaders like
Ramveer Upadhaya, Lalji Verma and others who had held key
positions in the her government.
PTI
