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Activists
to meet PM on Lokpal Bill Monday
Monday March 07, 2011 08:50:45 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Eminent
social activist Anna Hazare, along with Swami Aginvesh, Prashant
Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan and Kiran Bedi will meet Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh Monday to discuss the enactment of the
anti-corruption Lokpal Bill.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had March 3 invited Hazare for a
discussion on the bill after he threatened to go on an indefinite
fast in the capital.
"It was only when Anna Hazare threatened to go on an indefinite
fast that the prime minister invited us to discuss the bill. It's
good news for us," Kiran Bedi, former top cop and Magsaysay award
winner, told IANS Sunday on the sidelines of an award function.
She said the group may also include yoga guru Baba Ramdev.
Veteran activist Hazare had announced Feb 26 that he would go on
an indefinite fast at the Jantar Mantar from April 5 if the prime
minister does not act decisively on the Lokpal Bill.
An anti-corruption rally was organised Feb 26 by eminent social
leaders like Swami Agnivesh and Arvind Kehriwal under the aegis of
Baba Ramdev demanding stringent laws against corruption and black
money stashed in foreign banks.
The Lokpal Bill 2010, which awaits a select parliamentary
committee's nod, creates an ombudsman body and also provides for
filing complaints of corruption against the prime minister,
ministers and MPs.
However, the activists say that the bill in its present form is
toothless and that they have drafted a separate Jan Lokpal bill
taking view and suggestions from civil society and common people
in account.
The activists' bill demands that the Lokpal and Lokayukta, who
will be the corruption watchdogs, be independent bodies unlike the
Central Bureau of Investigation, which is under the government and
can not function independently.
It also emphasises on time-bound investigation.
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