Lokpal bill draft to be ready by June 30, says Veerappa Moily

April 10th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by ANI  

Pranab Mukherjee Mysore, Apr 10(ANI): Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Sunday said that the ‘Joint Government-Civil Society Committee’ will meet the June 30 target to complete the draft of the Lokpal bill.

Moily said that that the Central government is also targeting to introduce the Bill in the monsoon session of the Parliament.

“If all cooperate, the bill will be passed in the monsoon session itself,” Moily said in Mysore.

The notification by the Ministry of Law and Justice had said that the committee to prepare the draft of the Bill will have five ministers from the government and five nominees of social activist Anna Hazare, including himself.

The five Ministers are Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Chairperson, Home Minister P. Chidamabaram, Moily (Convenor), HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and Water Resources Minister Salman Khurshid.

The civil society will be represented by Hazare, former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde, Shanti Bhushan (Co-Chairperson), Prashant Bhushan and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal.

The notification said the Joint Drafting Committee will commence work forthwith evolving its own procedure to prepare the proposed legislation. (ANI)

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