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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that people of the national capital are still waiting for Lokpal, which was the main plank of Aam Aadmi Party's manifesto in the 2013 assembly elections.

Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is the country's first Lokpal, or the anti-corruption ombudsman. His appointment has been cleared by President Ram Nath Kovind.

Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is set to be appointed as the country's first Lokpal, or the anti-corruption ombudsman, sources said today.

Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have been "number one accused" in the Rafale deal had Lokpal been implemented, the Congress on Monday said in Lok Sabha that his broad shoulders cannot stand the "bullet of corruption".

The 81-year-old anti-graft crusader has been on hunger strike in his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar, over 240 kilometres from here, since Wednesday.

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.

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.

Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi "Maun sahab" or one who keeps mum, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed him for not appointing a Lokpal and maintaining silence over charges of corruption against the government, including on BJP President Amit Shah's son Jay Shah.

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today accused Narendra Modi of failing to keep his promise of creating a corruption-free India, and said the Prime Minister "did nothing" to enforce the Lokpal Bill.

Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that he would launch an agitation over the appointment of Lokpal and Lokayukta as well as implementation of the Swaminathan Commission report.

The Congress today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his claims on checking corruption, and said that he has still not been able to enforce Lokpal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has reportedly decided to make a major political concession and include an opposition member on the panel that will select a Lokpal or the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

The Narendra Modi government has decreed that all government employees must declare their wealth as part of the anti-corruption Lokpal law.

A panel headed by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has suggested major changes in the way the national ombudsman or Lokpal should be selected, strongly recommending that the Centre must have no role in the process.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited top BJP leaders - LK Advani, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley - for dinner on Wednesday to discuss the stalemate in Parliament and the Lokpal Bill, which became a flashpoint between the government and the main Opposition party last week.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that people of the national capital are still waiting for Lokpal, which was the main plank of Aam Aadmi Party's manifesto in the 2013 assembly elections.

Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is the country's first Lokpal, or the anti-corruption ombudsman. His appointment has been cleared by President Ram Nath Kovind.

Retired Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is set to be appointed as the country's first Lokpal, or the anti-corruption ombudsman, sources said today.

Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have been "number one accused" in the Rafale deal had Lokpal been implemented, the Congress on Monday said in Lok Sabha that his broad shoulders cannot stand the "bullet of corruption".

The 81-year-old anti-graft crusader has been on hunger strike in his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar, over 240 kilometres from here, since Wednesday.

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.

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.

Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi "Maun sahab" or one who keeps mum, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed him for not appointing a Lokpal and maintaining silence over charges of corruption against the government, including on BJP President Amit Shah's son Jay Shah.

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today accused Narendra Modi of failing to keep his promise of creating a corruption-free India, and said the Prime Minister "did nothing" to enforce the Lokpal Bill.

Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that he would launch an agitation over the appointment of Lokpal and Lokayukta as well as implementation of the Swaminathan Commission report.

The Congress today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his claims on checking corruption, and said that he has still not been able to enforce Lokpal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has reportedly decided to make a major political concession and include an opposition member on the panel that will select a Lokpal or the national anti-corruption ombudsman.

The Narendra Modi government has decreed that all government employees must declare their wealth as part of the anti-corruption Lokpal law.

A panel headed by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has suggested major changes in the way the national ombudsman or Lokpal should be selected, strongly recommending that the Centre must have no role in the process.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited top BJP leaders - LK Advani, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley - for dinner on Wednesday to discuss the stalemate in Parliament and the Lokpal Bill, which became a flashpoint between the government and the main Opposition party last week.