Lokpal drafting process is slow: Shanti Bhushan

New Delhi: Terming as "slow" the drafting of Lokpal Bill, joint panel co-chair Shanti Bhushan on Thursday expressed doubts over completion of the process by the deadline of June 30 and urged the government to communicate to the civil society its position on issues of divergence. In a letter to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, heading […]

New Delhi: Terming as "slow" the drafting of Lokpal Bill, joint panel co-chair Shanti Bhushan on Thursday expressed doubts over completion of the process by the deadline of June 30 and urged the government to communicate to the civil society its position on issues of divergence.

In a letter to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, heading the joint drafting committee, he also demanded that after May 30, the meetings of the drafting committee should take place at least thrice a week if not on a daily basis.