Mirroring the version of the anti-graft bill pushed by Gandhian Anna Hazare, Uttarakhand Lokayukta Bill, 2011 brings all ministers, including the Chief Minister, the MLAs and the government servants including IAS and IPS officers under its ambit. The bill also aims to bring the lower judiciary under its ambit.

BJP is making the passage of Lokayukta Bill a major poll plank and hopes to reap rich electoral dividends.

Right to Public Services legislation: Besides Lokayukta, Khanduri government has also enacted Right to Public Services legislation, which guarantees time-bound delivery of public services to citizens. The legislation provides mechanism for punishing errant public servants, deficient in providing the services as stipulated under the statute. The legislation is meant to reduce corruption among the government officials and aims at bringing transparency and accountability in public services.

Assets declaration: In a bid to bring more transparency, CM BC Khanduri has asked his cabinet colleagues and top bureaucrats in the state to voluntarily declare assets.

Now that the BJP central leadership has again reposed faith in him, as party leaders say “Khanduri hai zaroori” but it remains to be seen whether his clean image would be enough to clean the taint on the saffron flag.