Monday, July 04, 2011

No consensus on Lokpal, Anna may rethink fast

IIPM Prof Rajita Chaudhuri - The New Age Woman

There is no consensus yet again on the Lokpal bill. Anna Hazare may rethink his August 16 fast as political parties push back civil society saying Parliament will decide shape of the Lokpal bill. There is no clarity on who will eventually create the final draft of the Lokpal bill. A crucial all-party meeting called by the Prime Minister to end the deadlock proved inconclusive. Parties now say it's not civil society but Parliament that would determine the shape of the Anti-corruption law.

There was no consensus at the end of a three-hour long all-party meeting on Sunday. It simply became a platform for the Opposition parties to attack the government for not taking them on board the Lokpal deliberations earlier and for the government to delay a final decision. A one line resolution calling for a strong Lokpal is all that was achieved, almost as if it was a perfect script.

The stage was set by the Prime Minister himself who said at the beginning,"it is important that such an institutional arrangement enjoys the support of as large a section of people as possible and that there is the widest possible consensus regarding the bill." It's the BJP though which remains non-committal on the entire issue. While the party was bitterly divided even on the question of attending this all party meeting, it asked the government to ensure bringing of a Lokpal bill in monsoon session of Parliament.

"We've asked the government to bring the bill in the monsoon session of the Parliament and present it before the standing committee so that the political parties can express their views," said Sushma Swaraj. Parties like the CPI, RJD and SP questioned the government's strategy in dealing with team Anna Hazare. Most parties while criticising the government also wondered why should civil society dictate the terms of the Lokpal bill. RJD's Lalu Yadav criticised the civil society groups saying 120 crore people elect us, who elected them.

AIADMK cautioned frivolous complaints against the Prime Minister will derail the process. BSP wanted the government to bring the bill in Parliament first before seeking its views. The outcome of the meeting obviously didnt go down well with the activists. "It's sad to see that an institution that could have been set up 44 years ago has been delayed further. If the Prime Minister wants to be included in the ambit of the Lokpal then he should present the mandate to his ministers," said Santosh Hegde.

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3 comments:

suri said...

I think all this is game Played by UPA .... that PM should not be included in Lokpal bill which Anna and team will not allow ,which means that no MP and no MLA will be affected as lokpal bill gets delayed and all Ministers will be in Safe hands untill PM gets included in the Bill which UPA is not going to allow ..... and again Lokpal bill will be rejected in house of Parliament . Nothing is going to happen this is India ..... ( yaha pay aisa hi hota hay aur aisay hi hota rahega ).

suri said...

think all this is game Played by UPA .... that PM should not be included in Lokpal bill which Anna and team will not allow ,which means that no MP and no MLA will be affected as lokpal bill gets delayed and all Ministers will be in Safe hands untill PM gets included in the Bill which UPA is not going to allow ..... and again Lokpal bill will be rejected in house of Parliament .

suri said...

Too many times in the last days, the Anna Hazare-led movement ... they broke their fast on the morning of April 9th after Anna Hazare ended his at New Delhi. ... and integrity as Hazare's that made the government rethink its line. ... It was also not about getting my version of the Lok Pal bill ...