Team Anna On Lokpal Draft

• Jan Lokpal controversy: Kiran Bedi attacks Arvind Kejriwal on his threat to resign

  Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Sunday night hit out at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for threatening to resign if the Jan Lokpal Bill is not passed in the Assembly by questioning whether the anti-graft legislation was drafted just to cause a "major confrontation while blaming others".

• Full transcript: Arvind Kejriwal speaks to NDTV on Lokpal Bill

  The government has introduced the Lokpal Bill in the Lok Sabha. Team Anna is, however, not happy with the current draft of the Bill. They say the Bill in its current form is "toothless" and have rejected it. In an exclusive interview to NDTV's Barkha Dutt, one of the key members of Team Anna, Arvind Kejriwal, talks about the jail-bharo agitation Mr...

• Lokpal: Cabinet clears draft to be tabled in Parliament on Dec 22; angry Anna starts fast on Dec 27

  The Union Cabinet met this evening and cleared the Lokpal Bill draft to be tabled in Parliament. Sources say the bill may be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday and in Rajya Sabha on Friday, now that plans to extend the Winter Session of parliament have been vetoed by some parties.

• Cabinet clears Lokpal draft to be tabled in Parliament on Dec 22; angry Anna starts fast on Dec 27

  The Union Cabinet met this evening and cleared the Lokpal Bill draft to be tabled in Parliament. Sources say the bill may be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday and in Rajya Sabha on Friday, now that plans to extend the Winter Session of parliament have been vetoed by some parties.

• Anna Hazare fasts, politicians debate Lokpal bill at Jantar Mantar

  Anna Hazare's team wanted the nitty gritty of the Lokpal Bill discussed at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. A group of seasoned politicians from across parties accepted the invitation to speak at the venue of Anna Hazare's token one-day fast, but left with an emphatic message - "Those details are the prerogative of the Parliament. Leave it to Parliament. W...

• Standing Committee fooling people of entire nation: Anna Hazare

  On the eve of his day-long fast against the Parliamentary Standing Committee's report on the Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare hit out at the government, saying the committee that had released the report on the anti-graft bill was "fooling people of the entire nation."

• Anna on Lokpal draft: Highlights

  Team Anna has its own version of the bill, called the Jan Lokpal Bill. After 74-year-old Anna's epic fast in August, parliament formally agreed to consider Anna's three must-haves for the Lokpal. The Gandhian says the draft of the Lokpal Bill is a betrayal of this assurance.

• Lokpal Bill: Team Anna, CBI reject parliamentary committee's recommendations

  The government appears to be on the brink of a new crisis. Anna Hazare's team of activists have rejected the Lokpal Bill that's being prepped for parliament; they say they will begin a new agitation against the government. Anna has also threatened to start a hunger strike on December 27 if the government does not deliver a potent new law against ...

• Lokpal draft: Govt betrayed us, will fast on Dec 11, says Anna

  The government is bracing for a winter of severe discontent. In Parliament, it's battling a united Opposition over its decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment in retail. Now, Anna Hazare has expressed his unhappiness over the Standing Committee report on Lokpal saying he may have to restart agitation.

• Disappointed with Lokpal draft, Kiran Bedi says it's time for mass movement again

  Team Anna member Kiran Bedi tonight expressed disappointment at the recommendations in the draft report of Standing Committee on Lokpal Bill, saying going back on commitment given by Parliament will call for mass movement again.

• Lokpal draft report a disappointment: Kiran Bedi

  Team Anna member Kiran Bedi tonight expressed disappointment at the recommendations in the draft report of the Standing Committee on the Lokpal Bill, saying going back on the commitment given by Parliament will call for a mass movement again.

• Final Lokpal Bill draft says PM should be excluded: Sources

  The government could be staring at a new and bitter confrontation with anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare. The draft for the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill that is expected to be introduced in Parliament soon is in its final draft now and is missing some of the non-negotiables that Team Anna has shortlisted.

• Agreed! says Parliament to Anna; fast ends at 10 am

  Indian Parliament made history today when the Lok Sabha adopted a resolution accepting the three demands of Anna Hazare that have been sticking points in the government and Team Anna coming to an agreement on a draft Lokpal Bill.

• Pranab puts Anna's three demands to the House

  All eyes were on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as he made his statement in Parliament on the Lokpal Bill today, also to see how he would specifically raise the three sticking points that have prevented Anna Hazare's team of anti-corruption crusaders and the government in reaching agreement on a draft Lokpal Bill as the 74-year-old Gandhian fast...

• Anna's new mediators meet with BJP, Congress

  As Parliament gets ready to debate the anti-corruption Lokpal bill, Anna Hazare's representatives have met with both the BJP and the Congress. Seventy four-year-old Anna is on the 12th day of his hunger strike. The debate on his version of the legislation, drafted by his team of activists, is aimed at persuading him to end his fast.