Process of drafting Lokpal Bill transparent: Bhushan
May 23rd, 2011 - 12:35 am ICT by IANSNew Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Former law minister Shanti Bhushan, co-chair of the anti-graft Lokpal Bill drafting committee, Sunday said that details of the joint bill drafting committee’s meetings and discussions are updated on regular basis on two websites for transparency and keeping people informed.
He said this in a letter written to the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), supported by Magsaysay award winner and right to information (RTI) activist Aruna Roy.
Bhushan said details of the discussion were available on www.indiaagainstcorruption.org.
He said for people’s consultation, website www.lokpalbillconsultation.org has also been launched. So far, around 150 responses have been received.
“We are arranging several public consultations. There was a very useful consultation in Guwahati…on May 26 there is a consultation in Ahmedabad and on May 27 in Bangalore. In Mumbai 14 such discussions have already taken place,” said Bhushan.
In a letter to Bhushan Saturday, Roy, Venkatesh Nayak and Nikhil Dey, both convenors of NCPRI, questioned the drafting committee for its lack of transparency in the process of preparing the anti-corruption legislation.
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