-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 »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 906
‘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 »Hand on heart, PM flags all-bill option by Sankarshan Thakur
Anna Hazare’s Ramlila brinkmanship flamed deep into another night despite the UPA’s many accommodations and in defiance of mounting civil society and intelligentsia opinion that the government had committed to enough on the lokpal legislation for him to break his fast. Hazare and his core team of Arvind Kejriwal. Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi remained unmoved by public and bipartisan commitment from the highest quarters that key features of their Jan...
More »BJP roots for Jan lokpal in U-turn by Radhika Ramaseshan
The BJP today rooted for Anna Hazare’s version of the lokpal bill, two days after it distanced itself from the draft, the somersault coming in a letter the party’s president wrote to the fasting activist. “We have always been and are for a strong lokpal,” Nitin Gadkari said in his letter. “For that to happen, (the) BJP accepts your Jan lokpal bill to be the basis for a strong and effective...
More »Anna should show respect to House, end fast: Agnivesh by Saubhadra Chatterji
Anna Hazare’s insistence on going ahead with his fast despite an emotional appeal from the Prime Minister and other top leaders in the Parliament hasn’t gone down well with a section of the civil society. Swami Agnivesh, who has often associated himself with Hazare’s movement on the lokpal Bill, said the veteran social activist should have called off his fast after these appeals. “What is the fun in prolonging the fast...
More »
