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Cabinet nod for Lokpal draft, to be tabled in monsoon session

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a draft of the Lokpal Bill, which will now be tabled in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.

The prime minister and the judiciary have been kept out of the Lokpal Bill's ambit. However, the PM will come under purview of Lokpal after he demits office.

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Lokpal Bill is fractured, unhealthy: Kiran Bedi

Meanwhile, former Indian Police Service officer and social activist Kiran Bedi has rubbished the Bill, saying it is not for the common man.

"The Lokpal Bill is fractured, unhealthy. It is not for the common man," Times Now channel quoted Bedi, as saying.

The decision to review the Lokpal Bill came as social activist Anna Hazare continued to pitch for a stronger version of the law to be presented for consideration of Parliament, contending that the official version falls ''far short'' of people's expectations.

Lokpal ineffective, has narrow jurisdiction: Hazare

Hazare said that the government is being given a rare opportunity to change the history of India and the nation would be indebted to it if they present a strong Lokpal Bill.

He reiterated that the current Lokpal Bill "falls far short" of the expectations of the people, and added that it was ''too weak and ineffective and had a very narrow jurisdiction''.