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....
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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...
More »Why two Lokpal drafts, asks Nitish
-The Times of India Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday questioned the Centre's decision of sending two drafts of Lokpal bill to the states for consideration and demanded that the government clarify its stand before seeking states' views on the proposed anti-corruption legislation. Speaking after a meet with civil society group on the Lokpal issue, Kumar said he would discuss the matter with his party and ally BJP. "Let the government...
More »Poles apart by V Venkatesan
The Joint Lokpal Bill Drafting Committee concludes its meetings without any agreement on major issues. ON June 21, as the five government representatives and the five civil society members of the Joint Lokpal Bill Drafting Committee ended their deliberations after exchanging their versions of the draft Lokpal Bill, the battle lines were clearly drawn. The government was in no mood to agree with the civil society members led by Anna...
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