Steam of Intuition: Lokpal panel agrees to speed up Bill drafting process!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Lokpal panel agrees to speed up Bill drafting process!

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Members of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee (from left) Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare, Shanti Bhushan and Prashant Bhushan after a meeting of the panel at Noth Block in New Delhi on Monday.

Members of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee (from left) Arvind Kejriwal, Anna Hazare, Shanti Bhushan and Prashant Bhushan after a meeting of the panel at Noth Block in New Delhi on Monday.

The negotiations on a draft Lokpal Bill on Monday gained momentum with the government and the civil society members agreeing on a number of basic principles of the proposed law and deciding to meet more frequently.

Emerging from a three-hour meeting, Union Minister Kapil Sibal expressed confidence draft Lokpal Bill would be ready by June 30, as announced in a government notification, in time for introduction during the Monsoon session of Parliament.

The meeting chaired by Finance Minister Mukherjee took place in the backdrop of co-chairman Shanti Bhushan raising the issue of slow progress on drafting the Bill and expressing doubts whether the June 30 deadline would be met.

After having waited for Lok Pal Act. for over 43 years, we can as well wait for some more time to get a truly robust Act., in place, which can really control the political corruption at high places.