The son of a former Madhya Pradesh chief minister has been questioned by police in connection with RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder. Two other BJP leaders have been sent notices to appear before the investigating team. BJP MLA from Bhopal Dhruv Narayan Singh, who is also the son of former late chief minister Govind Narayan Singh, has been questioned about his relationship with Masood. Of the two other BJP leaders,...
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Seshan suggests setting up of anti-graft body
-The Hindu “Its members should not be from the government” With the impasse between the civil society and the government on the structure of the lokpal bill continuing, the former Chief Election Commissioner, T.N. Seshan, announced his version of the Bill on Friday, which provides for establishing an anti-graft body similar to the Election Commission. “The issue of corruption is important to the nation and this is an accepted view on all sides,”...
More »Lok Sabha agrees to Anna's demands, passes Lokpal resolution
-The Times of India On a motion moved by Pranab Mukherjee, Lok Sabha on Saturday passed a resolution conveying the sense of the House on the lokpal bill. After the passage of the resolution, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the Lok Sabha till Monday. There was some confusion over whether the resolution was passed by a voice vote or not. Apparently, no voice vote took place. "Thumping of the desk is akin to passing a...
More »‘Omnibus Lokpal will not serve purpose' by ML Melly Maitreyi
The amendments to lokpal bill, 2011 submitted to the Standing Committee of Parliament by the civic society group represented by Jayaprakash Narayan of Lok Satta envisage Lokpal's jurisdiction over the Prime Minister and creation of strong Lokayuktas in States. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the versions of lokpal bill suggested by the three civil society groups, including that of Dr. Narayan (JP), w ould...
More »Members of Anna's team reach out to BJP, find favour
-PTI Ahead of the debate on Jan lokpal bill in Lok Sabha on Friday, Anna Hazare team tonight reached out to BJP which said a solution to the impasse could be found in consonance with the Constitution if the government has a "constructive" attitude. Hazare's associates Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi met senior BJP leaders L K Advani, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and Nitin Gadkari for over...
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