New Delhi, Aug 27: Father coined the word ‘Lokpal’ way back in 1963 and his son now heads the Standing Committee of Parliament which is entrusted with the job of looking into the Lokpal Bill against corruption.
It was L M Singhvi, a young independent member of Lok Sabha, who for the first time on April 3, 1963, while participating in a debate suggested the word Lokpal, which was the Indian version of “ombudsman”, a Scandinavian word for a “grievance man”.
The interesting piece of information was given in Rajya Sabha by Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley today.
“It is a coincidence that his very distinguished son, Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, now has to prepare the final draft of this bill.
“I am sure, he will keep in mind the great heritage, not only his personal, but also of this concept, and strengthen the Bill in order to maintain this very strong heritage as far as this Bill is concerned,” Jaitley said.
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