New Delhi: Powers to tap phones, issuance of letters rogatory and recommendations for changes in work practices to reduce scope for corruption are among the proposals made by the Anna Hazare team in their Jan Lokpal Bill which do not find a mention in the government draft. The draft submitted to the joint committee on […]
New Delhi: The ministers working on the Lokpal Bill feel their meeting today with activists headed by Gandhian Anna Hazare was a significant step forward. While agreeing that today’s talks were “cordial,” the activists said that all key points of differences remain, and in fact two new ones have emerged. The Drafting Committee of the […]
New Delhi: The first Jan Lokpal Bill drafting committee meeting of 5 ministers and 5 civilians, chaired by Pranab Mukherjee and co-chaired by Shanthi Bhushan, former Union Law Minister, was held in the capital and was only audio-graphed (to be heard and not seen). The 90 minute meeting went of smoothly. Kapil Sibal one of […]
