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Draft Lokpal Bill 2010 was created under the ruling Congress Party
Difference between Jan Lokpal Bill and Draft Lokpal Bill 2010
The movement behind the Jan Lokpal Bill is crossing the lines of reasonableness. It is premised on an institutional imagination that is at best nave, Pratap Mehta, political analyst The seeds of authoritarianism, Neera Chandhoke, Indian Express Group The Jan Lokpal Bill: Good intentions and the road to hell, Amba Salelkar, Practicing Lawyer
Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers if any citizens work is not accomplished within a prescribed time period Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and if found to be substantive, will result in his dismissal within two months The existing anti-corruption agencies (CVC, departmental vigilance and the anti-corruption branch of CBI) will be merged into Lokpal The agency will also provide protection to whistleblowers who alert about potential corruption cases
Keeping the features of proposed Jan Lokpal Bill in mind, can we really ensure the continuation of anti-corruption machinery? Can we ensure honest officials for keeping the committee clean and genuinely helping common man?
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