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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 'Sibal's voters want Jan Lokpal' by Prerna Sodhi

'Sibal's voters want Jan Lokpal' by Prerna Sodhi

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published Published on Aug 2, 2011   modified Modified on Aug 2, 2011

Taking on HRD minister Kapil Sibal, Team Anna on Monday released the interim results of its 'referendum' in the minister's constituency of Chandni Chowk which showed 85% of respondents were against the government-proposed Lokpal Bill.

The civil society activists question whether Sibal still represented the "aspirations of his people" since the results contradicted whatever he had been saying in joint committee meetings held earlier to draft the anti-corruption Bill.

Anna and his supporters claimed they distributed four lakh forms in Sibal's constituency out of which 86,000 forms had been collected.

"After evaluating 72,000 forms, the trends that have come out are overwhelming. About 82% agree that the prime minister should be brought under the ambit of Lokpal, whereas only 6% were against this. At least 88% respondents felt MPs' conduct in Parliament should be investigated by an independent Lokpal," said Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal.

He said 86% of those polled wanted the judiciary to be brought under the purview of the Lokpal and 84% voted in favour of the Lokpal having the power to dismiss a corrupt official.

Kapil Sibal's team was quick to return the fire, alleging that the referendum was carried out by BJP-RSS workers. Sibal himself chose not to join issue and merely gave out a terse statement mocking the exercise.

"They are being modest. In fact, the result should have been 100% in favour of Jan Lokpal Bill. I am thankful for their generosity," Sibal said.

The Times of India, 2 August, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sibals-voters-want-Jan-Lokpal/articleshow/9449838.cms


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