A meeting of UPA leaders was held in New Delhi last night to ascertain the views of alliance partners on Lokpal Bill. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who is the UPA Chairperson and leaders of several of the constituents attended the meeting. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee briefed the meeting on the discussions with Anna Hazare team on the Lokpal Bill.
DMK Parliamentary Party leader T R Balu represented the party at the meeting. DMK has favoured the Prime Minister being brought under the ambit of the Lokpal.
The UPA government is opposed to bringing the Prime Minister under the purview of the proposed anti-corruption watch-dog and virtually all allies support it on this issue.
The Government thinks bringing the office of Prime Minister under Lokpal will harm governance and could be a security risk also. The government has already announced an all party meeting on the issue which will be convened the next month.
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