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Lokpal bill tabled, to have statutory status
Friday December 09, 2011 03:33:10 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Recommending
statutory status for the institution of the ombudsman, the
standing committee on the Lokpal Friday tabled its report in both
houses of parliament.
Panel chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi (Congress) tabled the report in
the Rajya Sabha while Pinaki Misra of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
did so in the Lok Sabha.
Addressing a press conference outside parliament, Singhvi said
statutory status had been recommended for the Lokpal while the
issue of bringing the prime minister under its ambit had been left
to parliament.
There had been three suggestions - inclusion of the prime minister
under Lokpal, non-inclusion and deferred inclusion, he added.
The bill will be scrutinised by the law ministry and the home
ministry and brought for discussion and passage in the winter
session before it ends Dec 22.
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