Lok Satta president appears before Lokpal Standing Committee
The critical process of taking feedback from civil society and political parties was taken forward today when Dr Jayaprakash Narayan, president of Lok Satta party appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Lokpal Bill in New Delhi.
NARAYAN HAS offered his suggestions and views on the the proposed Lokpal Bill. On the website of the Lok Satta party, Narayan has laid down what he will try to communicate to the committee. His party envisages the bill laying down the constitution of Lokayuktas in states and an ombudsman (Lokadhikari) in districts and cities. The central govenrment on its own initiative, believes Narayan, can pass a law applicable to the entire country in the context of its ratification - compliant with the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
Narayan believes that instead of the Lokpal, the junior bureacracy should be under the CVC to weed out corruption. The CVC can have a separate existance and funtion under the CVC act. As far as the judiciary is concerned, Narayan's argument is not to include it under the jurisdiction of the Lokpal Bill. A separate Judicial Commission should look into the matters related with coruption.
Lok Satta party's president Dr Jayaprakash Narayan is a physician by training, and served as an IAS officer after Indira Gandhi declared Emergency in the country, and has a formidable reputation in his home state of Andhra Pradesh. Narayan's suugestions and views are quite similar to those of RTI activist Aruna Roy but also divergent from those held by Anna Hazare and team, who hold a more stringent view as far as formulation of the Lokpal Bill is concerned.
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