PM,HM have made govt stand on Lokpal clear: Pranab

Parliamentary Standing Committee is examining both govt's version of Bill and Jan Lokpal Bill.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram have made clear the government’s stand on the Lokpal Bill.

I have nothing more to add, he said.

The Prime Minister,who is scheduled to arrive on Sunday from a two-day visit to West Bengal,had said on Saturday that there was a lot of scope for give and take on the Bill and the government was open to discussion and dialogue on the issue. He had also called on broad national consensus.

The Home Minister had earlier said Anna Hazare,whose fast for the Jan Lokpal Bill entered the sixth day today,was free to place his views before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice and Personnel,which has sought public opinion on the Bill.

Hazare’s Jan Lokpal Bill was yesterday submitted for consideration before the Parliamentary Standing Committee,which is examining the government’s version of the legislation.

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