The government is "honest" in its efforts to find those behind the killing and bring them to justice, he told the Legislative Assembly on the opening day of the winter session of the legislature here, which was marked by thin attendance.
Gauri Lankesh, known to be an anti-establishment voice with strident anti-right wing views, was shot dead at close range by unknown assailants at her home here on the night of September 5.
"We have still not been able to nab those who killed her. An SIT has been formed to nab them," he said.
Informing the Assembly that killers of rationalist M M Kalburgi were also yet to be found, the chief minister said, "The government and investigating team are honest in their efforts to nab the culprits."
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JD(S) leader YSV Datta said Lankesh's killing was "intolerance shooting a bullet at freedom of expression."
Asserting that the state home minister had earlier said that the investigation team had got clues about the killers, the BJP leader said, "Reveal it and clear the air. No attempt should be made to blame someone unnecessarily."
State Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy had on Saturday said that the killers of Lankesh would "100 per cent" be nabbed in a few weeks.
He had also said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the killing had clues about the assailants, but those could not be disclosed at the moment.
Besides Lankesh, the House also paid tributes to former and sitting members of the legislature and eminent people, including ex-chief minister Dharam Singh, MLAs Qamarul Islam and Chikkamadu, and former ISRO chief U R Rao, who passed away during the inter-session period.
After the obituary reference, the House was adjourned till tomorrow.
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