They accused him of playing the biggest fraud on people by diluting the provisions of the Jan Lokpal draft of the Anna movement. Now that the BJP is in power, he does not want the Lokpal to investigate the Centre.
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“He should first ask his party (the BJP) to appoint a Lokpal at the Centre”, he said, adding that it was (Prashant) Bhushan who had pushed for registering an anti-corruption case with the Delhi Anti Corruption Bureau against the then Union petroleum minister Veerappa Moily and Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani. “Kejriwal must resign from office”, Shanti Bhushan said. Saw shockingly dishonest Delhi Lokpal bill: Appointment & removal by Delhi Government; No investigating agency under it; Empowered to investigate Government Of India as well; created to fail!
Summary: New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on the occasion of the party completing its three years on Thursday thanked the volunteers for their continuous efforts in its growth.
The panel responsible for selecting Jan Lokpal will consist of the Delhi High Court’s chief justice, Delhi chief minister, leader of opposition in Delhi assembly and the speaker. The dismissal will be in the hands of the government as it prescribes removal by a two-third majority. Another party leader Ashutosh said, “First he (Bhushan) tried to defeat the AAP at the behest of Arun Jaitley and now he has objections on Lokpal”.
The Delhi government has extended the ongoing winter session of the state assembly by a week to enable passage of the bill.
He said Kejriwal does not like to be questioned like “Modi” so he has chosen not to make the contents of the Bill public.
“Kejriwal will table the bill on Monday, pass it and send it to the Centre. But AAP government will try to garner publicity by saying we passed it, now Centre has blocked it”, alleged Prashant Bhushan while talking to Catch.
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He noted that under the original Lokpal draft there was a demand to bring the CBI under the Lokpal, but under the proposed legislation, the investigating agency will aided by the officers recommended by the Delhi government.
