The joint drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill met for the first time in New Delhi
The meeting started at around 11:30 am and went on for almost two-and-a-half hours.
"The meeting was fruitful, everyone made valuable contribution. We all want the Bill to be introduced in the Monsoon Session," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after the meeting.
The 10-member joint committee met at North Block and discussed the procedures to be followed for drafting of the anti-graft bill.
Mr Sibal said both sides presented their perspective on the proposed legislation. The latest draft presented by the civil society representatives had "significant" proposals, he added. He said the committee would discuss the draft provided by the activists along with the draft cleared by the Standing Committee which would be circulated
The meeting was chaired by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Other panel members who attended the meeting include Home Minister P Chidambaram, Law Minister Veerappa Moily, Water Resources Minister Salman Khursheed, former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan (co-chairman), Anna Hazare, eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan, Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal.
The panel will next meet on May 2 to decide on the modality of public consultations on the legislation, Mr Sibal said.
Anna Hazare, who led the campaign that forced the government to agree to the constitution of the joint committee, said the meeting went off well. "It is because of you we achieved this success," he told reporters.
Today's meeting took place in the shadow of a CD controversy allegedly involving panel co-chairman Shanti Bhushan.
The meeting started at around 11:30 am and went on for almost two-and-a-half hours.
"The meeting was fruitful, everyone made valuable contribution. We all want the Bill to be introduced in the Monsoon Session," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after the meeting.
The 10-member joint committee met at North Block and discussed the procedures to be followed for drafting of the anti-graft bill.
Mr Sibal said both sides presented their perspective on the proposed legislation. The latest draft presented by the civil society representatives had "significant" proposals, he added. He said the committee would discuss the draft provided by the activists along with the draft cleared by the Standing Committee which would be circulated
The meeting was chaired by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Other panel members who attended the meeting include Home Minister P Chidambaram, Law Minister Veerappa Moily, Water Resources Minister Salman Khursheed, former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan (co-chairman), Anna Hazare, eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan, Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal.
The panel will next meet on May 2 to decide on the modality of public consultations on the legislation, Mr Sibal said.
Anna Hazare, who led the campaign that forced the government to agree to the constitution of the joint committee, said the meeting went off well. "It is because of you we achieved this success," he told reporters.
Today's meeting took place in the shadow of a CD controversy allegedly involving panel co-chairman Shanti Bhushan.
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