This Article is From Dec 14, 2011

Arun Jaitley speaks to NDTV on Lokpal Bill: Highlights

Arun Jaitley speaks to NDTV on Lokpal Bill: Highlights
BJP leader Arun Jaitley spoke exclusively to NDTV ahead of today's all-party meeting on the contentious issue of the Lokpal Bill. Here are the highlights of what Mr Jaitley told NDTV:

  • Need Lokpal which is strong, independent & not misused
  • Lokpal a governance issue, not one upmanship game
  • We may be close to a resolution on Lokpal
  • We are hopeful of a political consensus
  • The opposition and the government have been in informal talks to evolve a consensus
  • This time I can't say the opposition and government haven't spoken 
  • Inclusion of PM a non-negotiable issue, safeguards negotiable
  • The main sticking point is the investigative independence of the CBI
  • CBI director must be appointed through an independent mechanism
  • Investigative functions of CBI should not be interfered with
  • The Lokpal can have a right of appeal over the Citizens' Charter
  • Agree and disagree with Anna Hazare
  • Anna's is not a BJP movement
  • Team Anna kept political parties strangers to movement

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