Wednesday, September 21, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalit leader to give his own version of Lokpal to Parliament committee

 

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_dalit-leader-to-give-his-own-version-of-lokpal-to-parliament-committee_1589531

Dalit leader to give his own version of Lokpal to Parliament committee
Published: Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011, 19:24 IST
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI

Dalit leader Udit Raj, who is campaigning against Team Anna's version
of Lokpal bill, Tuesday demanded that corporates, NGOs and media are
brought under the anti-corruption ombudsman to make the law "more
effective".

"If there is no representation of plurality, I don't think this law
will be successful," the National Chairman of All India Confederation
of SC/ST Organisations said.

He said he along with other activists will give their own version --
the'Bahujan Lokpal Bill'-- to the Standing Committee on September 24.

The Bahujan Lokpal Bill claims to have taken up issues that are not
mentioned in the existing three drafts--government draft, Jan Lokpal
bill and Aruna Roy's bill, he claimed.

Raj said their drafting group consists of 16 core members including
representatives from Muslims, Christians, Dalits, other backward
classes(OBC) and progressive Brahmans.

"Anna Team has given the impression that the backward, dalits and
minorities are ignored and their civil society, indeed, does not
represent them. These sections are apprehensive that if they are not
given representation in the Lokpal committee, their victimisation is
sure," he said.

The group alleged that corporate houses "are dens of corruption" and
should also be brought under the ambit of Lokpal, if corruption is to
be fought seriously.

NGOs and Media should also not be left out, Raj added.

Disagreeing with Arwind Kejriwal's view on excluding NGOs from Lokpal
Bill because there are separate laws to govern them, Raj said that
there are similar laws for politicians and judiciary too.

He said they would protest if corporates and NGOs are not brought into
Lokpal's ambit.

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