Lok Pal Bill: Prime Minister should be out of Lokpal till he demits office: Sibal!

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Union HRD Minister and member of Lokpal panel Kapil Sibal. The Government on Saturday made it clear its opposition to bringing the post of Prime Minister under the purview of Lokpal till demitting office. File Photo - The Hindu.

Government on Saturday made it clear its opposition to bringing the post of Prime Minister under the purview of Lokpal till he/she demits office and ruled out opening the conduct of MPs inside Parliament as also the higher judiciary to scrutiny of the proposed ombudsman.

“Within the government, we feel prima facie, the Prime Minister should not be covered (under the Lokpal). But at the same time we want to make sure that if he demits office, he should not be exonerated from prosecution,” said HRD Minister Sibal who is part of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal.

However, he said, the five ministers in the joint committee were willing to be persuaded to bring the Prime Minister under the ambit of the anti-corruption legislation if the civil society side gives a “compelling argument”.

"Not an individual but institution"............................................................................................

Judicial Accountability Bill........................................................................................................

[Reasonalble]

On Hazare fast...........................................................................................................................

[His assessment may be partly right but acrylic comments on Anna is not required]

Strong anti-corruption legislation..............................................................................................

[He should practice what he preaches, on using abusive langauge]

It doesn't appear there is consensus within the Congress and among the UPA.

This bill has been hanging fire for over 40 years due to the same bone of contention: the inclusion of the higher constitutional officials under its purview.

And anyway they still need to hold consultations with all political parties and also hold public consultation for arriving at a broad based bill.

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