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Sheela Bhatt in New Delhi / Last updated on: June 08, 2011 19:55 IST.
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01) Yes, rightly said, if Tomorrow the types of Lalu Prasad Yadav, A. Raja, Knimozhi or Madhu Koda becomes the Prime Minister, which is quite possible under our current Constitutional Provisions, we need a strong 'Lok Pal' to check their possible excesses!
02) There can always be checks and balances to ensure that the Lok Pal Investigations in to the incumbent Prime Minister's alleged involvement in corrupt practices, would not hinder the performance of his or her Constitutional Duties!!
03) Why Dr. Manmohan Singh's Government is reluctant to accept this clause?
Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal along with their supporters conducted a one-day fast at Rajghat on Wednesday to oppose police action against followers of Baba Ramdev on the night of June 4.
Hazare and Kejriwal are members of the joint committee that is drafting the Lokpal bill. According to them, if the government is hesitant in bringing a strong Lokpal bill, they will be left with no option but to go back to Jantar Mantar and agitate again.
In conversation with rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, Kejriwal responds to criticism that civic society is trying to usurp the role of elected lawmakers and also explains the need for stronger Lokpal bill to tackle corruption.
On the joint-panel drafting the Lokpal bill
We have been interacting with this government in the joint committee for the last one and a half months. The government's intentions in dealing with corruption are not clear. We want the government to make its stand public on some of the key issues related to the Lokpal Bill. We have already made our stand clear to the government on these issues. After we receive the government's response, we will decide whether any useful public purpose would be served in attending joint committee meetings.
There have been differences of opinion on critical issues. The government postponed the critical issues in first four meetings. In last meeting the civil society members insisted that we should discuss critical issues first. When we started discussing that we realised there is too much of diversion of opinions.
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