Jokepal Bill

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today introduced the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi assembly, making good on its biggest election promise while vehemently denying that it had vastly deviated from the original version.

Swaraj Abhiyan leader Prashant Bhushan on Friday claimed the Delhi government's new Janlokpal Bill is different from what was drafted during the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption movement, as the appointment and removal of an independent ombudsman will now be done by the state government.

A day after the Delhi Cabinet cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recounted his days with 'Team Anna' when he had burnt copies of the UPA government's draft Lokpal, terming it "jokepal".

The Cabinet has cleared the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, and has decided that the Prime Minister will be exempt from investigation for corruption while he or she is in office.

Anna Hazare, who has become the face of a mass movement named India Against Corruption, has said he will resume his hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on August 16. (Forum: Will Anna's 2nd fast galvanize India again?) The activists who are supporting him shared why. The government "has turned the Lokpal Bill into a Jokepal Bill," said Arvind Ke...

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today introduced the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi assembly, making good on its biggest election promise while vehemently denying that it had vastly deviated from the original version.

Swaraj Abhiyan leader Prashant Bhushan on Friday claimed the Delhi government's new Janlokpal Bill is different from what was drafted during the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption movement, as the appointment and removal of an independent ombudsman will now be done by the state government.

A day after the Delhi Cabinet cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recounted his days with 'Team Anna' when he had burnt copies of the UPA government's draft Lokpal, terming it "jokepal".

The Cabinet has cleared the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, and has decided that the Prime Minister will be exempt from investigation for corruption while he or she is in office.

Anna Hazare, who has become the face of a mass movement named India Against Corruption, has said he will resume his hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on August 16. (Forum: Will Anna's 2nd fast galvanize India again?) The activists who are supporting him shared why. The government "has turned the Lokpal Bill into a Jokepal Bill," said Arvind Ke...