Udupi, February 17: Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde on Thursday called upon the students to excommunicate the corrupt in the society.
He was speaking after inaugurating M-Battled, the state level inter-collegiate Commerce, Management and Cultural Fest organized by the Department of Commerce, Milagres College, Kallianpur.
He advised the people to change their attitude towards the people who earn money illegitimately.
“Unfortunately persons who earned money through illegitimate means are being honoured in the public, for the pittance they give out as donation,” he added.
“If the cases of corruption were settled within six months 50 per cent of the corruption could be curbed,'' he opined.
People want to know the truth on the scams. They don't bother whether it is from the PAC or JPC, Hegde said. He said that politicians or elected representatives think that they were the masters of the people. But in democracy people are the bosses and elected representatives are servants of the people.
Replying to questions from the students Hegde said that percentage of Lokayuktha's success in nabbing the corrupt was less that five per cent. But they had been successful in creating awareness against bribe. By that many people who were sitting on a border, whether to take bribe or not to take, have chosen a non-corrupt path. With the increase in the number of raids by the Lokayuktha many of the officials had been scared of being trapped, he added.
Rev Dr Baptist Menezes presided over the programme.
Principal of Milagres Rev Fr Fred Mascarenhas, Principal of the Milagres PU College Rev Fr Vijay Lobo, Convener of the College Marvin D'Souza, HOD of Department of Commerce Peter D'Souza, student Co-ordinators Chester D'Souza and Lavith Denette were present on the dais.
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