BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad points out that the government cannot make any changes to the Lokpal draft as it is now the property of the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha. With regard to the autonomous status of the CBI, he said that the Select Commi...
The Central government once again faces flak from all corners over the Lokpal Bill. The amended draft Lokpal bill, which was cleared by the Cabinet yesterday, is rejected by Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal. Hazare says he is all set to start his agitation agai...
The Union Cabinet cleared the revised Lokpal Bill today and will be ready to be presented in the Lok Sabha in the coming budget session. The amended draft leaves the appointment of Lokayuktas to the states but the CBI's role is still ambiguous under the new dr...
The Union Cabinet will meet shortly to discuss a new draft of the much debated Lokpal Bill today. The Cabinet will look into the recommendations of the select committee which looked into the draft Bill after it was stalled in the Rajya Sabha. However, Anna Haz...
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Select Committee on Lokpal, Satyavrat Chaturvedi says that none of the political parties had expressed any sort of dissent to the proposed provisions in the Lokpal draft.
The UPA government is unmoved by hunger strike launched by Team Anna. It has not even deigned to hurry up passing of the Lokpal bill. The chairman of the Select Committee appointed to look into the draft Lokpal bill, Satyavrat Chaturvedi, says the chances of i...
The stage is set for a big war with Sonia Gandhi's open challenge to Opposition and Team Anna over their disagreements with the Government on the Bill.
Despite Team Anna's apprehensions about Lokpal Bill, Union cabinet is all set to clear the final draft, while a separate bill for public grievance is to be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday.