Lokpal Bill Committee Meeting

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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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  Upset Congress Skips Lokpal Meet, Urges "Statesman-Like Conduct" From PM Modi

  The Congress has refused to attend the meeting of a group to select the anti-corruption Lokpal selection committee today, with its leader Mallikarjun Kharge objecting to being called as a "special invitee", in a sharp letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• Key changes in Lokpal bill may get Cabinet approval today

  The Union Cabinet is meeting today to discuss and approve key amendments to the anti-corruption Lokpal bill. The amendments have been proposed by the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha, where the bill has been pending since last year.

• Anna frowns at separate Citizens' Charter; asks 'Behen Mamata' to help

  Team Anna's Core Committee will meet in New Delhi for two days starting today to chalk out their future plans, including the proposed Ramlila Maidan agitation, if a strong Lokpal Bill is not passed in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.

• Live Blog: Team Anna strategy meet today

  Team Anna's Core Committee will meet in New Delhi for two days starting today to chalk out their future plans, including the proposed Ramlila Maidan agitation, if a strong Lokpal Bill is not passed in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.

• Lokpal Bill row: Anna's core committee to meet today

  Team Anna's Core Committee will meet in New Delhi for two days starting today to chalk out their future plans, including the proposed Ramlila Maidan agitation, if a strong Lokpal Bill is not passed in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.

• Team Anna Core Committee meeting tomorrow

  Team Anna's Core Committee Committee will meet in New Delhi for two days from tomorrow to chalk out their future plans, including the proposed Ramlila Maidan agitation, if a strong Lokpal Bill is not passed in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.

• Parliamentary panel divided over inclusion of PM in Lokpal

  One of the most contentious issues in the Lokpal Bill is whether the Prime Minister's office should be within the anti-corruption ombudsman's ambit. The last meeting of the parliamentary standing committee drafting the Bill ended today, with no consensus on this key point.

• How talks between Govt and Team Anna broke down: Excerpts from the Lokpal tapes

  Anna Hazare's team of activists met with the government nine times to discuss the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill between April and June this year. Here are some excerpts from the last meeting which was perhaps the most acrimonious and the two sides decided to present separate drafts of the same bill.

• 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...

• Lokpal Bill: Anna in Delhi to meet Parliamentary panel

  Activist Anna Hazare and his associates are in Delhi today to meet a parliamentary panel and put forth their views on the Lokpal Bill. Anna and his team were asked by the government to meet the Standing Committee on Law and Justice.

• Government wants to kill Lokpal Bill: Statement from activists

  After a meeting today of the joint drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill, the activists who're drafting the bill along with five ministers said that the meeting was a write-off. "It was not good...nothing came of it," said Arvind Kejriwal, an activist-member of the committee.Mr Kejriwal accused the government of wanting to "kill Lokpal before it...

• Consensus evasive, two drafts of Lokpal Bill likely

  More birthing pains for the law that's aimed at checking corruption in India. After the seventh meeting of the drafting panel today, the activists who're drafting the bill along with five ministers said that the meeting was a write-off. "It was not good...nothing came of it," said Arvind Kejriwal, an activist-member of the committee. (Watch)Mr Kejr...

• Jan Lokpal Bill: Second meeting of Joint Drafting Committee today

  Five Union ministers and social activist Anna Hazare's representatives will meet today to take forward the process to draft an effective legislation to combat corruption.Civil society members held rallies in several cities yesterday in support of a strong anti-corruption law as the Union ministers went through minute details of various versions of ...

• Hazare seeks interpreter from next meeting

  Unable to comprehend the deliberations in English in the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has sought an interpreter for him in the meeting.Hazare made the request for an interpreter as he found it difficult to follow closely the proceedings of the joint committee, chaired by Finance Minister Pranab Mukhe...