Lokayukta B.S. Patil, rued erosion of values in society and said that a sizeable section of government employees were falling into the trap of greed as evident in frequent raids and recovery of ill-gotten wealth from them.
Delivering the convocation address of the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) here on Sunday, Justice Patil, deviated from the prepared speech and said that a substantial number of employees were falling prey to characterlessness and greed. Mr.Patil made these remarks while espousing the importance of values and character building to the new graduates.
He remarked that most employees have nothing much to declare by way of wealth at the time of entering the government service but when they are trapped and caught the value of the properties seized exceeds crores of rupees. It is time for youngsters to inculcate good values and help in social transformation and nation building with a value-based society, said Justice Patil.
