Thursday, July 28, 2011: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the draft of the Lokpal Bill that is to be tabled in Parliament during the upcoming monsoon session.The Prime Minister and the judiciary have been excluded from the ambit of the Lokpal Bill.
According to this draft, the body will have a chairperson and eight members, including four judicial members.
Information minister Ambika Soni said the chairperson would be a serving or retired Supreme Court judge. She said the Cabinet had approved the draft with minor changes.
Civil society members have expressed their unhappiness with the draft. Kiran Bedi said, the current government draft was fractured and unhealthy. She said the bill was not in favor of the common man.
The decision to review the Lokpal Bill comes as social activist Anna Hazare continues to pitch for a stronger version of the law to be presented for consideration of Parliament, contending that the official version falls “far short” of people’s expectations.
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Voters are JOKERS - Whistle Blower are CRIMINALS - Tax-Payers are SLAVES - Corrupt Politicians & Tainted Bureaucrats are SUPER GODS? Wants to be a White-Collar Criminal? be a Politician. Is this the message of Congress LOOTPAL BILL? Policy of Politics is getting clear. LOOT the Tax-Payers money without Prosecution, appoint SC Lawyers as Spokespersons to fool Nation Technically and Enjoy. UPA-2 must be Suspended by SC or President for Malicious Intentions, Corruption and Looting of Nation by it's Politicians. India must stand up against all CORRUPTS and LOOTERS of the Country, to put them in TIHAR JAIL. Jai ANNA Hazare, Jai JAN LOKPAL, Jai HIND.
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