Wednesday, April 6, 2011

FAQ: What is Lok Pal Bill? Why the ruckus over it? - Rediff.com News

FAQ: What is Lok Pal Bill? Why the ruckus over it? - Rediff.com News: "The Lok Pal (anti-corruption body) Bill has generated widespread interest in the past few days.

The Bill is an attempt by the government, under massive pressure due to corruption charges, to gain some of its lost ground. However, civil rights activists, including Anna Hazare, Swami Agnivesh, Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal, have termed the draft legislation as weak and demanded that fifty per cent of the members in the committee drafting the bill should be from the public.

But the common man appears to be in the dark about the scope of the poposed bill."

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