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Lokpal Bill panel to consult states, parties
on 'divergent views'
Monday May 30, 2011 04:13:37 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The joint Lokpal Bill drafting committee Monday decided to seek the views of
states and political parties on "issues of divergence" on the
proposed legislation as the government and civil society
representatives had differing views on key issues, including
bringing the prime minister and the higher judiciary under the
ambit of the new authority.
After a three-hour meeting of the 10-member drafting committee,
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said both sides
"were constructively looking as issues of divergence".
He said the meeting had decided to write to political parties and
state governments "as to what their views are" on some of the
contentious issues.
Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan, two the civil society
representatives on the panel, however, expressed disappointment
over the government's response at Monday's meeting.
"In the discussions, unfortunately, we found the response of the
government not very reasonable... We are a bit disappointed,"
Bhushan said.
He said the two sides had differing views on bringing the prime
minister and the higher judiciary in the ambit of Lokpal and some
other issues.
The government wants the "prime minister and higher judiciary out
for different reasons", he said.
Bhushan said the government also did not want actions of MPs in
parliament to be brought under Lokpal Bill and wanted the proposed
authority to cover only officers of rank of joint secretary and
above.
He expressed apprehension that the committee may not be able to
finish its work of drafting the bill by June 30.
Sibal said next meetings of the panel will be held June 6 and June
10, and stressed the government wants a strong and effective
Lokpal Bill.
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