Abhishek Manu Singhvi On Lokpal

• BJP should create internal Lokpal to admit only corrupt applicants, says Congress

  A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took the Lokpal war to the President, Congress has hit back saying BJP first needs to weed out corruption from within. Congerss spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter that instead of sending a petition on the Lokpal Bill to the President, the BJP should create an internal...

• Lokpal Bill debate in Rajya Sabha: Highlights of Abhishek Manu Singhvi's speech

  As the Lokpal Bill is being debated in the Rajya Sabha, here are the highlights of what Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress spokesperson, said on the floor of the Upper House.

• Lokpal Bill debate in Rajya Sabha: Highlights of Abhishek Manu Singhvi's speech

  As the Lokpal Bill is being debated in the Rajya Sabha, here are the highlights of what Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress spokesperson, said on the floor of the Upper House.

• Jaitley vs Singhvi: The big fight on Lokpal Bill

  The BJP and the government continued to spar over the Lokpal Bill as the Rajya Sabha witnessed some sharp exchanges between Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley and Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi today.

• What the parliamentary committee recommends for Lokpal

  A parliamentary committee today adopted its report on the contentious Lokpal Bill leaving it to the wisdom of Parliament to decide on inclusion of Prime Minister in its ambit while Congress members gave dissenting notes demanding inclusion of Group C officials within its purview.

• Lokpal Bill: Govt talks to Team Anna, PM may be included with riders

  In private talks with Anna Hazare's team of activists, the government has reportedly suggested that it may agree to the Prime Minister being covered, though with riders, by the Lokpal Bill. The negotiations over who the Lokpal, a new ombudsman agency, should cover take place as Team Anna's deadline minces closer - it has warned of massive protests,...

• No decision made yet on PM in the Lokpal ambit: Abhishek Manu Singhvi to NDTV

  One of the most contentious issues in the Lokpal Bill is whether the Prime Minister's office should be within the ambit. This still has no consensus within the Parliamentary panel that is drafting the Lokpal Bill. The draft accessed by NDTV has so far remained absolutely silent on the issue. But now as the panel meets for its last set of discussion...

• Lokpal bill can be amended 80 per cent: Singhvi

  A parliamentary panel examining the Lokpal bill can amend it up to 80 percent and all stakeholders should "show flexibility" on the issue, the panel's head and Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said on Monday.

• The Standing Committee looking into the Lokpal Bill

  Four days after it was introduced in the Lok Sabha, the Lok Pal Bill was referred to Parliament's Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice on August 8. This committee is headed by Congress Rajya Sabha MP Manu Abhishek Singhvi.

• Give the Standing Committee a chance, says Abhishek Manu Singhvi

  Amid Anna Hazare's agitation on the Lokpal issue, a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice and Personnel, which is examining the Lokpal Bill, gave signals that it could "surprise" all those sceptical or cynical about the outcome of the exercise. "Give the Standing Committee a chance. Allow us to do our work. We may collectively surpri...

• No time limit can be specified on Lokpal Bill, says Abhishek Manu Singhvi

  Amid demands made by Team Anna that the government should pass the Jan Lokpal Bill in Parliament by Tuesday (August 30), the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice and Personnel has said that such demands were implausible.