The Jan Lokpal Bill

April 18, 2011

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Scams, Scams….

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 No Punishment,
No Jail In Last 63 Years

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 Current System

Central Vigilance Central Bureau of

Departmental
Commission Investigation
Vigilance
(CVC) (CBI)

Departmental Departmental
Government
Heads Vigilance

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 Lokpal Bill

Not passed in 42 years

6 times in Parliament 5
 The Jan Lokpal Bill
A Strong Anti-Corruption Bill

Drafted in November 2010 by Shanti Bhushan, Prashant

Bhushan, Arvind Kejriwal and Santosh Hegde

All democratic procedures followed – sent to PM, Sonia Gandhi,

Leader of Opposition, met them – but no positive response

An all-Party leader meeting called in New Delhi

Joint statement of support by CPM, CPI, TDP, RLD, JD (S), JD (U) etc.
BJP also supports the Lokpal Bill
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 Converted into Mass
Movement

• Kiran Bedi, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Swami Ramdev, Mohd

Madani, Cardinal Gracius, ArchBishop Concessao, Swami
Agnivesh, Syed Rizvi and many others join the movement
• Rallies in 60 cities on 30 th Jan 2011
• Anna Hazare takes the lead
• Declares his intent to go on fast unto death for joint drafting
committee for Jan Lokpal Bill
• PM meets on March 7, but says he has no time till 13 th May
and wants to form GoM for Lokpal (not Jan Lokpal Bill)
• Anna continues with his decision to go on a fast on April 5
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India’s Second Independence Begins!
• Lakhs of People
Entire country come on streets
erupts in support • Thousands start
indefinite fast

Media shows the All right thinking

anger and support people come out in
of the people support

Government Forced to Accept

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India Celebrates!

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India Celebrates!

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 Joint Committee: Our Members

Anna Hazare: Shanti Bhushan: Arvind Kejriwal:

Social worker ex-Law Minister Resigned from
and IRS for social
SC lawyer work

Prashant Justice Santosh

Bhushan: SC Hegde:
Advocate and a K’taka Lok Ayukta
Crusader
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 Joint Committee Formed
Government accepts joint drafting
 committee for Jan Lokpal Bill
All original people who had drafted have become
 the part of committee

 Our members announce their assets, accounts

India Against Corruption declares revenue &
 expenses on website

 Demand for videography for transparency

Meetings begin amidst hope, next meeting on 2nd
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 Jan Lokpal Bill:
Salient Features - 1
Complaints of acts of omission or commission
punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act 

Misconduct by a government servant

Covers
Complaints against the staff of Lokpal

Complaints from whistleblowers

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 Jan Lokpal Bill:
Salient Features - 2

Independent Body

Can initiate investigations on direct

complaints by citizens

Autonomy similar to the

Election Commission
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 Jan Lokpal Bill:
Salient Features - 3

LOKPAL

Departmental CVC CBI

(Central Vigilance (Central Bureau of
vigilance Commission) Investigation)

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 Jan Lokpal Bill:
Salient Features - 4

JURIDICTION OVER

Politicians
Corruption
including Government
Cases of
the Officers
Judges
Prime Minister
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 Jan Lokpal Bill:
Salient Features - 5
Time limit for investigation is between 6 months to 12
months and trial within another 12 months. Within 18 to
24 months, corrupt people will start filling jail.

Punishment not less than one years of rigorous

imprisonment and may extend up to life
imprisonment.

Punishment will be more severe

if the accused is of higher rank.
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 Jan Lokpal Bill:
Salient Features - 6
• The Jan Lokpal bill proposes a committee selected by
the Prime Minister, the leader of opposition in the Lok
Sabha, two youngest judges of the Supreme Court, two
youngest chief justices of high courts, the Comptroller
and Auditor General (CAG), and the Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC).
• A search committee selected from former CAGs, and
CECs, will invite recommendations from such class of
people or such individuals as it deems fit. It will
recommend to the prime minister the names three times
the number of vacancies that exist.

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 Jan Lokpal Bill:
Salient Features - 7

The Jan Lokpal bill has provisions for the

complete recovery of money
lost due to corruption

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 Jan Lokpal Bill
Salient Features - 8
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 Impact of JLPB
Corruption on day-to-day issues will reduce
 drastically

Most corrupt Officers, Politicians and Judges

 would go to jail within two years of complaints

Clean-up of the political system that is

 thriving on corruption money

People with desire to serve will only enter

 politics

 India will march towards its destiny!

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 Frequently Asked Questions?
• Is this agitation against democratic and constitutional norms
– No. After the Committee’s Report the bill will take the normal course i.e.
passage through Parliament, Rajya Sabha etc
• Is Anna’s fast a form of blackmail?
– The country has waited 42 years for the Lokpal and all normal democratic
methods have been tried. There was no other way to pressurise the
government to draft a strong anti-corruption deterrent. Mahatma Gandhi
used the same method against the British Rulers.
• Is the movement supported by RSS or in favour of any political
party?
– The movement is of the people without fear, favour or bias. The divide
and rule policy of the government will not be able to succeed.
• Will more and more people take recourse to fasting as a
pressure tactic
– The reason behind this movement’s success was the moral authority of
its leaders, the right cause and the tremendous public support. There
have been thousands of instances of people going on hunger strikes and
not being able to impact government decisions

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 What Next?
Build the movement till 15th August 2011 and get ready for the next
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agitation

2 Anna Hazare and others to tour entire country for the next 2 months

Public outreach with social, cultural, youth, unions,

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corporate, slums groups

4 Explain Jan Lokpal Bill and create supporters

Take up next issues beginning from Electoral Reforms,

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decentralization of power, judicial reforms etc

Cleanse the political system, so that good people

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can go into politics and succeed

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 Contact Us – Delhi
India Against Corruption
+91 9717460029
www.indiaagainstcorruption.org
www.indiaagainstcorruption.org/blog
www.facebook.com/IndiaCor
www.twitter.com/JanLokpal

IndiaAgainstCorruption2010@gmail.com

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 Contact Us – Mumbai
India Against Corruption
+91 96998 85421
+91 73031 50500
+91 98201 83924

www.indiaagainstcorruption.org
www.facebook.com/IndiaCor
www.twitter.com/JanLokpal

IndiaAgainstCorruptionMumbai@gmail.com

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