{"id":12472,"date":"2011-07-28T18:35:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T13:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12472"},"modified":"2011-07-28T18:35:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T13:05:34","slug":"bring-pm-under-lokpal-says-bjp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bring-pm-under-lokpal-says-bjp","title":{"rendered":"Bring PM under Lokpal, says BJP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/LOK-PAL-BILL.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12473\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bring-pm-under-lokpal-says-bjp\/lok-pal-bill-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/LOK-PAL-BILL.jpg?fit=318%2C159&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"318,159\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LOK-PAL-BILL\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/LOK-PAL-BILL.jpg?fit=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/LOK-PAL-BILL.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-12473\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/LOK-PAL-BILL-300x150.jpg?resize=300%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/LOK-PAL-BILL.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/LOK-PAL-BILL.jpg?resize=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/LOK-PAL-BILL.jpg?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday supported bringing the prime minister under the purview of Lokpal, expressing dissatisfaction on the draft anti-corruption bill not mentioning the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The BJP does not appreciate the complete omission of prime minister from the draft Lokpal bill, the prime minister should come under Lokpal,&#8217; 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