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GoM want PM, MPs to be covered by Lokpal
The Group Of Ministers (GoM), Thursday night, recommended that the Prime Minister and Members Of Parliament be brought under the purview of the proposed, controversial Lokpal Bill likely to be introduced in the first week of December in Parliament.
The Group Of Ministers (GoM), Thursday night, recommended that the Prime Minister and Members Of Parliament be brought under the purview of the proposed, controversial Lokpal Bill likely to be introduced in the first week of December in Parliament.
Highly placed sources said the Prime Minister has been brought under the proposed Lokpal Bill as per the wishes of Atal Bihari Vajpayee himself.
The recommendations of the GoM will be considered by the cabinet next week and introduced in Parliament the folllowing week, parliamentary affairs minister Pramod Mahajan told reporters after the meeting at home minister L K Advani's office in the North Block.
This will be the seventh time that the bill will be put forth before Parliament for its consideration. The first effort to approve the bill by Parliament was during the 4th Lok Sabha when Indira Gandhi was prime minister.
Bureau Report