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Wednesday August 24, 2011 07:48:52 PM,
IANS
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Delhi: The Jan Lokpal bill drafted by Team Anna
has been sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee, Minister of
State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayansamy told the Rajya
Sabha Wednesday.
He made the announcement during a debate on corruption in the
upper house of parliament.
Activist Anna Hazare, fasting for nine days against the
government's Lokpal bill - currently being examined by the
standing committee - has been stressing that the government
introduce and pass the Jan Lokpal bill by Aug 30.
Team Anna's bill proposes to bring the office of the prime
minister, judiciary and the lower bureaucracy under the Lokpal in
cases related to corruption.
The official Lokpal bill, which has
already been moved in the Lok sabha, does not have these
provisions as the government does not want an overbearing
institution without any accountability, sources on the treasury
benches said.
The government sending the Jan Lokpal bill to the standing
committee means that further consultations on the issue would be
held to arrive at a final legislation incorporating all the
aspects, these sources said.
A Congress MP from Uttar Pradesh had submitted Team Hazare's bill
to the standing committee, while the National Campaign for
People's Right to Information had also submitted their version of
the Lokpal bill to the panel.
BJP Lok Sabha member Varun Gandhi
too said he would present the Jan Lokpal bill as a private
member's bill in the lower house of parliament.
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