Civil society group burns copies of lokpal bill

Civil society group Aawaaz marked its protest by burning the copies of the Lokpal Bill, at the market in Sector 19. Representatives of various organisations along with the residents participated in it. Advocate Gaurav Goel, an active member of Aawaaz said that government's Lokpal Bill is very dangerous as it will make the ombudsman a puppet in the hands of the government. This bill is absolutely weak and would would even affect the states willing to have strong lokayuktas. Jai Varun Giri and Suresh Bhandari described the Lokpal Bill as "anti people and dangerous". They said that the government thinks that all the citizens are corrupt but the leaders and employees are clean. In Chandigarh, a movement will be launched to make the citizens aware about flaws in the present Lokpal Bill. Sunil Bansal, another member said that its astonishing that the politicians debating over the bill themselves face corruption charges. He criticised the politicians who were critical of Anna Hazare in the Parliament.

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