This Article is From Aug 25, 2011

Anna vs Govt: How the talks broke down

Anna vs Govt: How the talks broke down
New Delhi: Here's a brief chronology of what happened at the Government-Team Anna talks last night. It led to a bitter exchange between the two sides later:

  • After members of Anna Hazare's team arrived, Pranab Mukherjee apprised them of what happened at the all-party meeting
  • Pranab conveyed all decisions taken at the all-party meeting to Team Anna
  • Salman Khurshid then explained the three steps being taken to end Anna's fast
  • Both sides decided to meet at 12 pm today
  • Team Anna wanted to continue the talks all night
  • Discussion started on timeline for enacting - Government asked for a reasonable timeline that Parliament could follow
  • Government conveyed opposition to timeline from other political parties
  • Government promised that once a reasonable timeline is decided, it will stick to it
  • Then talks moved on how to end Anna's fast
  • Team Anna said his fast will go on till the bill is available in some form and demanded a full Jan Lokpal Bill, not a fresh amended draft
  • The two sides then discussed the agenda for today's meeting

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