Stringent Lokpal bill soon, PMO to Anna Hazare
Monday January 21, 2013 09:42:10 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The central
government is committed to passing a strong Lokpal (ombudsman)
bill in parliament to curb corruption, the Prime Minister's Office
(PMO) told social activist Anna Hazare via a letter, sources said
Monday.
The letter by Minister of State in the PMO V. Narayanasamy Jan 10
says that the government is taking action based on the
recommendations made by the Rajya Sabha select committee last
year.
The select committee was formed in 2011 to look into the
recommendations of the Rajya Sabha members for the Lokpall bill.
"The government is committed to setting up a strong Lokpal to curb
corruption and have the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011, passed
by parliament at the earliest," Narayanasamy said in the letter
released by Hazare's team Monday.
The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha Dec 2011 and has been pending
in the Rajya Sabha.
Hazare had agreed to break his 12-day long fast in Aug 2011 after
parliament broadly agreed to his three key demands to battle
corruption.
Hazare wanted the lower bureaucracy to be brought under the
purview of the Lokpal, Lokayuktas in the states be brought under
the Lokpal, and a citizen's charter for government departments be
worked out.
Listing efforts made by the government in these directions,
Narayanasamy said in the letter: "The government has taken all
steps necessary to give effect to all three recommendations
communicated to you in Aug 2011."
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