Anna Hazare demands co-chairman for the committee

New Delhi: Anna Hazare today demanded appointment of a chairman and a co-chairman for the proposed joint committee to draft an effective Lokpal Bill and rejected the government’s offer of setting up of the committee by a letter of the Law Ministry.
He also said there should be no “tainted” ministers in the joint committee comprising civil society members and ministers.
Addressing his supporters at the Jantar Mantar here, even as three of his emissaries were engaged in discussions with Union Ministers, the 73-year old Gandhian said his anti-corruption movement has achieved considerable success and will not cow down before the government.
“We have not accepted the government’s offer of constitution of the committee through a letter from the Law Minister. There should be a government order on behalf of the government,” he said adding this has been made clear to the emissaries for discussion with the ministers.