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Foreign media on Lokpal Bill fiasco
India's coalition government failed on Thursday to push through legislation to create an independent anticorruption agency, after an exhausting day of parliamentary speechmaking, political posturing and backroom negotiations could not produce a deal, possibly stalling the bill for months.
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Lokpal Bill: Over four decades of failed attempts
The Lokpal bill, first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1968, failed to be legislated into law as it lapsed after the fourth Lok Sabha session was dissolved. At the time, it had neither members of Parliament nor the prime minister under its purview. The Lokpal bill was later introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008 and finally in ...
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Foreign media on Lokpal Bill fiasco
India's coalition government failed on Thursday to push through legislation to create an independent anticorruption agency, after an exhausting day of parliamentary speechmaking, political posturing and backroom negotiations could not produce a deal, possibly stalling the bill for months.
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Lokpal Bill: Over four decades of failed attempts
The Lokpal bill, first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1968, failed to be legislated into law as it lapsed after the fourth Lok Sabha session was dissolved. At the time, it had neither members of Parliament nor the prime minister under its purview. The Lokpal bill was later introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008 and finally in ...
