Lokpal debate ends on conflicting and sour note
Two turbulent months and eight bilateral meetings later, the government and the civil society on Tuesday ended their marathon discussions on a Lokpal bill, agreeing on the urgent need to battle corruption but failing to reconcile key differences.
Although Tuesday's one-hour meeting between the two five-member teams ended without any of the earlier acrimony, both sides could not overcome their divergent views on six major issues, including on the need to have the prime minister investigated by the proposed ombudsman.
In no time, a disappointed civil society icon and Gandhian Anna Hazare insisted he would not call off his protest hunger strike starting here Aug 16.
Text: IANS
Images: PTI
Image: A graphic on the Lokpal Bill divide between the civil society members and the government.
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