{"id":31127,"date":"2013-12-16T10:59:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T05:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31127"},"modified":"2013-12-16T11:02:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T05:32:05","slug":"governments-lokpal-bill-strong-aap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/governments-lokpal-bill-strong-aap","title":{"rendered":"Government&#8217;s Lokpal bill not strong: AAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/governments-lokpal-bill-strong-aap\/aa-8\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31129\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31129\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/governments-lokpal-bill-strong-aap\/aa-8\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/aa3.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" 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=\"aa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/aa3.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31129 alignright\" alt=\"aa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/aa3-150x112.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/aa3.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/aa3.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday rejected the Lokpal bill under consideration in parliament, saying it was weak and would not prevent corruption, but work instead to &#8220;protect the corrupt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This Lokpal bill does not provide for formation of Lokayuktas, there is no provision for whistle blower protection, and it is not free of the government,&#8221; said AAP member Prashant Bhushan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is the point of passing this Lokpal bill, it will not stop corruption at all,&#8221; he said, adding it would only &#8220;protect the corrupt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, meanwhile, said there was no independence for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They are not making CBI independent in this bill. If this happens, even the prime minister may go to jail in 2G or some other scam,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Lokpal bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha and greatly amended by a select committee of Rajya Sabha, was tabled for debate in the upper house Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, once passed by the house of elders, will be sent once again to the lower house for approval.<\/p>\n<p>The government has said it is committed to the passage of the bill in this session, which ends Friday.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday rejected the Lokpal bill under consideration in parliament, saying it was weak and would not prevent corruption, but work instead to &#8220;protect the corrupt&#8221;. &#8220;This Lokpal bill does not provide for formation of Lokayuktas, there is no provision for whistle blower protection, and it is not free of the 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