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PTI / The Hindu.
Civil society members of the Lokpal panel, Anna Hazare and Santosh Hegde, after attending a meeting of the committee in New Delhi on Monday.
Civil society members were unhappy with government insisting on "self regulation" to control corruption in higher judiciary and MPs inside parliament instead of bringing them under Lokpal.
Sharp differences came to the surface at a meeting of the drafting committee for Lokpal bill on Monday with the government strongly opposing proposals for inclusion of Prime Minister, higher judiciary and acts of Members of Parliament inside Parliament under its purview.
At the meeting held under the Chairmanship of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, contentious issues came up for discussion in the committee for the first time.
Oh My God!, for the last 40 years this bill has been hanging fire. During my boyhood I, heard of it for the first time, in 1971, during Indira Gandhi's time, exempting the President, the Vice-President, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Prime Minister, which was rejected by the opposition parties, then.
We cannot allow any exemptions if we are to hope true justice through Lok Pal Act.
After having waited for over 40 years, we can as well wait a bit long rather than having a bill with loop-holes.
After having waited for over 40 years, we can as well wait a bit long rather than having a bill with loop-holes.
If required one more mass-agitation like we have done last Month should be contemplated. This time around lets go for an all out fight till they, first accept, 'no-exemption-basis' Lok Pal Bill, if necessary with sruitiny of Courts, to ensure unnecessary harassment of the top-brass, that could hinder the day-to-day administration.
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