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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Lokpal To Be Constitutional Body : Law Minister

New Delhi, Oct 11: The proposed Lokpal will have the status of a Constitutional authority for which purpose the Constitution will be amended, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid disclosed tonight.

“We are working on a very strong Lokpal Bill. A Lokpal Bill that will come with a Constitutional amendment. That amendment will give the Lokpal the status of a Constitutional authority,” he told PTI in an interview.

The Lokpal will be “more powerful than the Election Commission” and “will have far greater powers”. Its profile and stature will be “much higher”, Khurshid said.

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