Has civil society gone beyond its remit by refusing to back down on the issue of tackling corruption? The answer to that depends on which side of the on-going debate on the lokpal bill you are on. If you are with the civil society activists, then the question just does not arise. For too long has the government dragged its feet on the lokpal bill and civil society is entirely...
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Arvind Kejriwal, a member of the joint drafting committee for the lokpal bill, interviewed by Thufail PT
Arvind Kejriwal, a member of the joint drafting committee for the lokpal bill, is disappointed at the way the government has treated the suggestions made by the civil society for the new lokpal bill. In an interview with Thufail PT, he talks about the future of the campaign, the charges of the right-wing bias in the campaign and why it is okay to take funds from corporates for such campaigns....
More »lokpal bill and the Prime Minister by Anil Divan
When the basic structure of the Constitution denies the Prime Minister immunity from prosecution, how could it be argued that the office should not be brought under the scrutiny of the Lokpal? The Indian citizenry is up in arms against corruption at the highest levels of government. Anna Hazare's movement has caught the people's imagination. The former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has pitched in and called upon the youth to start...
More »Congress signal to Anna on meet-eve
-The Telegraph The Congress today restated the government’s position of being opposed to including the Prime Minister and the higher judiciary in the ambit of the lokpal bill, a day before Sonia Gandhi’s scheduled meeting with Anna Hazare. Hazare and his team insist that the offices should come under the scrutiny of the ombudsman. The BJP, which heard out Hazare and his colleagues today, made it clear that it will not “compromise”...
More »Will convey your views to government, Sonia tells Hazare
-The Hindu Team Anna on Saturday concluded its programme of contacting political parties with a call on Congress president Sonia Gandhi ahead of Sunday's all-party meeting on the lokpal bill. Ms. Gandhi assured social activist Anna Hazare that she would convey his views to the government, according to Congress general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi, who was present at the meeting. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who headed the joint panel on the Lokpal...
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