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This is an archive article published on December 3, 2011
Govt,Team Anna,Opposition willing for a dialogue on strong Lokpal Bill
"The doors are open and we have never shut it," Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid said.
Close on the heels of Anna Hazare threatening another round of agitation on Lokpal issue,the government,Team Anna and Opposition parties BJP and CPI(M) said today they are willing for an open dialogue on a strong anti-corruption Bill.
“The doors are open and we have never shut it. Rather,it was Team Anna which had slammed the door on us,” Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid said at a debate here today the motion of which was ‘In the demand for a strong Lokpal,does the end justify the means?’
He said that what was required was the right language and the right means for a dialogue.
Team Anna members Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal said they were also ready for a dialogue with the government and others and contended the draft Lokpal Bill lying with the Standing Committee was a “watered down version”.
It was not the one which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had committed on three issues like Citizen’s Charter,roping in the lower bureacracy within its ambit and creation of Lokayuktas,Bedi and Kejriwal said.
Bedi alleged draft Bill did not propose to give autonomy to CBI which made it weaker.
Reacting to this,Khurshid said “we will not present a strong Lokpal Bill but a stronger one than they have imagined.
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“Issues like Citizens Charter and Lokayuktas will be to the satisfaction to the people,” he said.
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