Present Lokpal will not check graft: Kejriwal
1 Feb 2013 6:22 AM IST
Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday criticised the UPA government for not coming out with a ‘strong’ Lokpal bill, asserting that the proposed law would not check corruption.
‘Why should you have any Lokpal? If an agency is created which will not stop corruption, will lead to increased corruption and provide protection to ministers, then what is the point,’ he told reporters here. ‘We were not interested in just the word Lokpal. You can name it anything. The government has not done a favour to the people of the country (by the bill). It is the government’s constitutional duty to give a corruption-free regime,’ he said.
‘Some people are saying they are happy that a beginning has been made, but has the government done us a favour?’ asked Kejriwal.
‘Why should you have any Lokpal? If an agency is created which will not stop corruption, will lead to increased corruption and provide protection to ministers, then what is the point,’ he told reporters here. ‘We were not interested in just the word Lokpal. You can name it anything. The government has not done a favour to the people of the country (by the bill). It is the government’s constitutional duty to give a corruption-free regime,’ he said.
‘Some people are saying they are happy that a beginning has been made, but has the government done us a favour?’ asked Kejriwal.
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