Lokpal All Party Meeting

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  Congress Boycotts Lokpal Selection Panel Meet For 5th Time In A Year

  The Congress has boycotted the Lokpal Selection Committee meeting for a fifth time this year, asserting that it would continue to do so until the leader of the single largest opposition party is given the status of a full-fledged member in the panel.

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  Mallikarjun Kharge Writes To PM Modi Boycotting Lokpal Meet

  Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he will not attend a meeting of the selection committee for appointment of Lokpal till the time the leader of the single largest opposition party is accorded a full-fledged member of the panel.

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  Suspended AAP Leader Demands Transparency Ahead of National Council Meet

  Suspended Aam Aadmi Party leader Munish Raizada has demanded that the party leadership hold a free, fair and transparent meeting of its National Council which is scheduled on November 23 in Delhi.

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  Admiral Ramdas' Statement After Being Expelled as AAP's Internal Lokpal: Full Text

  The Aam Aadmi Party, at an "emergency" National Executive meeting in New Delhi, today removed Admiral Ramdas, a former Chief of Naval Staff, as internal Lokpal and set uo a new Lokpal panel, comprising former IPS officers N Dilip Kumar and Rakesh Sinha besides educationist SP Verma.

• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal meets German President

  In his first interaction with a visiting foreign dignitary, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tonight met German President Joachim Guack during which issues ranging from Jan Lokpal Bill and AAP's plan for coming Lok Sabha elections were believed to have figured.

• Lokpal Bill: All-party meeting begins; CBI the only flashpoint?

  The final act of the Lokpal saga will be scripted at a meeting of all political parties which has begun. The government heads there with its latest formulaversion of the Lokpal Bill and the hope that it will find meeting ground with Opposition parties on points that had so far remained unresolved.

• At all-party meet on Lokpal, govt to change stand on PM, babus: Sources

  At a meeting of all political parties on Wednesday, the government is preparing to agree to most of the demands made for the Lokpal Bill by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare. That includes broadly allowing the Lokpal or ombudsman agency to investigate the Prime Minister and junior bureaucrats on charges of corruption, though with safeguards for ...

• Jan Lokpal Bill row: Back to Square One, says grim Team Anna; incorrect, counters government

  Anna Hazare on Jan Lokpal Bill: After meeting for a whopping three hours, leaders of all major political parties have together appealed to Anna Hazare to end his hunger strike against corruption. He has refused. "If anything happens to Anna, the government will be responsible," warned Anna's close aide, Arvind Kejriwal, at the massive camp set up i...

• Lokpal Bill: PM's opening remarks at all-party meet

  With Anna Hazare refusing to end his hunger strike, the government met with leaders of all major opposition parties to arrive at a compromise that the 74-year-old Gandhian may accept. In his opening remarks, the PM explained the status of his minister's negotiations with the activists.

• Lokpal row: All-party meet ends, urges Anna to end fast

  With Anna Hazare refusing to end his hunger strike, the government met with leaders of all major opposition parties to arrive at a compromise that the 74-year-old Gandhian may accept on the Lokpal Bill, meant to combat corruption among pub meetlic servants through a new independent agency.

• BJP undecided on attending Lokpal meet, says Gadkari

  In an exclusive interview to NDTV, BJP President Nitin Gadkari has said his party is still to decide whether it will attend Sunday's meeting on the controversial Lokpal Bill. The meeting has been called by the government to gather feedback from opposition parties on the Bill, which is meant to combat corruption among politicians and bureaucrats.Spe...