Why all in one?
Given the experience with extraordinary powers vested in any institution, the wisdom of having a super-powerful body must be debated. The government's Lokpal Bill, 2011, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 4, following tough talking and hard bargaining by five members of a civil society team. The Jan Lokpal Bill works on the unreasoned belief that the Lokpal will not succumb to the temptations of such extensive control over the investigating agency. A postscript: although having the Lokayuktas in the Act is one of the demands, the Jan Lokpal Bill does not elaborate on this theme and stops with stating that similar provisions for Lokayuktas. These are the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, the Whistleblowers' Bill, the Lokpal Bill and the toughening up of the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003.
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