Drafting Committee

The drafting committee was officially formed on 8 April 2011. It consists of ten members, including five from the government and five drawn from society.

Criticisms of the Jan Lokpal Bill

Some people have opined that the Jan Lokpal Bill is 'Naïve' in its approach to combating corruption. According to Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Center for Policy Research, Delhi, the bill "is premised on an institutional imagination that is at best naïve; at worst subversive of representative democracy".

The claim that the Lokpal will be an extra-constitutional body has been derided by Hazare’s closest lieutenant, Arvind Kejriwal. He states the Jan Lokpal Bill drafted by civil society will only investigate corruption offences and submit a charge sheet which would then tried and prosecuted, through trial courts and higher courts. Kejriwal further states that the proposed bill also lists clear provisions in which the Supreme Court can abolish the Lokpal.

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