Lokpal Bill Needs Wider Consultation: Sandeep Dikshit

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Anna Hazare during the hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar.
Anna Hazare during the hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar.
After the outpouring of popular support for Anna Hazare in his campaign against graft, Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit has raised objections to the anti-corruption crusader's cause.

Dikshit has written a letter to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee expressing reservations over the Jan Lokpal bill. Pranab is the chairperson of Lokpal Bill drafting committee.

Speaking exclusively to Headlines Today, Dikshit has said that a few people cannot put pressure on the government to get the Lokpal bill passed and that it was important for MPs to be consulted.

Such campaigns, he said, should not undermine the responsibility of MPs and that it's important to take their opinion as well.

Maintaining that the joint drafting panel 'cannot be limited to 10 people or five activists', Dikshit said that the panel required wider consultation and that it couldn't be 'time-centric'.

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