Standing Committee Review on Lokpal

New Delhi: Today the standing committee of the Parliament will be reviewing the Jan Lokpal Bill draft and other three drafts of the Lokpal Bill. This move was named a timely act by the government of India considering the fact that this review will be adding to the details on the future bill to be presented in the Parliament.

The congress MP and spokesman Abhishek Singhvi is said to be the chairman of the 31 member committee, who is set to review the Lokpal Bill. Although the civil society has expressed its concern on the inclusion of members who have prejudice on the Lokpal bill and is set to oppose it from coming into effect. The spokesman to Anna Hazare and civil society, Arvind Kejariwal speculated on the inclusion of RJD cheif Lalu Prasad Yadav and Amar Singh in the committee and mocked them to be referees to the Lokpal Bill issue, he mentioned that they will be opposing the bill. Arjun Singh who had recently changed his party to Samajwadi Party has requested the congress for excluding him from the committee, which is still being reviewed by the Government.

Lalu Prasad had expressed his dislike to Anna Hazare and the civil society and had been speaking quite against the team during the special discussion held at the Parliament of India. He is expected to express his dislike towards arrogance of the civil society for not bringing up the bill directly to the standing committee and keeping the request for direct presentation at the Parliament. Sources from RJD camp does confirm this stand of the minister and is reported to continue the disapproval of the current state of Jan Lokpal Bill.

Civil society has also expressed concern over the inclusion of Manoj Tewari, the MP from Ludhiana, and also the spokesman to the congress party. Tewari is also known for his legal brain, and is a member on JPC on spectrum case. He had earlier attacked Anna Hazare of being corrupt and had later withdrawn his statement and also extended the apologies to the Gandhian leader.

There is expected to be greater participation of the teams as this issue is more publicized with the agitations caused by Anna Hazare, also there is note mentioned that there are few members from congress who are not aware of the complete details on the lokpal draft.

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PM offers a quickfix on Lokpal Bill

New Delhi: After much stir on the issue, there has been talks around the country on how the Government will break the deadlock situation that was held on the negotiation talks held at the center. As a major breakthrough, Dr. Manmohan Singh, the honorable Prime Minister of India offered a solution at the Loksabha sitting where he mentioned that all versions of the Lokpal Bill will be discussed and debated in the house and he is also considering to make the media presence so that the debates are transparent to Anna's team too. 

The decision from the PM came after the issue on corruption was taken into discussion by the Lok Sabha, and as a resolution to the current issue, PM mentioned that he is ready to discuss all versions of Lokpal bill which includes the Jan Lokpal Bill by Anna, Bill prepared by Aruna Roy's NCPRI, and the bill from Jaiprakash Narayan (Hyderabad). 

This was also included with a plea by the house to Anna to end his 10 day long fast that is still continuing. The Prime Minister was full of praises for the 74 year old Gandhian leader and mentioned:

"I respect his idealism and I applaud him and I salute him"

Following the recent turn of events, the opposition party lead by Sushma Swaraj also appealed Anna to end the fast and also assured the team Anna that they will ensure that the Bill is passed by the Government. The voices were combined and together with the ruling party the house prepared a resolution requesting Anna Hazare to end his fast session.

Earlier, the opposition party did accuse the Prime Minister of being corrupt and in response to this the PM also mentioned that he can allow a leader from the party to examine his wealth and assets.

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