What Lok Pal may leave out

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BS Reporter
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 2:43 AM IST

A stern warning has come from the Anna Hazare camp about the contents of the Lok Pal Bill expected to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament beginning tomorrow. The group states in no uncertain terms that it would stick to its guns when it comes to the inclusion of lower bureaucracy under the Lok Pal, a matter on which the government and Parliament had expressed unanimous agreement in a special session in August. It has also gone back to its earlier demands to include the judiciary as well as the CBI under Lok Pal.

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First Published: Nov 22 2011 | 12:21 AM IST

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