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House panel looking at Lokpal Bill set for rejig today

NEW DELHI: The parliamentary panel looking into the Lokpal Bill is set to be reconstituted on Wednesday, amid estimates that it was a timely opportunity to add to the committees weight by redrawing its composition in view of the important agenda ahead. Congress MP and spokesman Abhishek Singhvi is likely to continue as chairman of the 31-member standing committee on law and justice. Sources said civil society has lobbied hard against MPs who are prejudged on Lokpal issue or on Jan Lokpal authors headed by Anna Hazare. There is speculation about the continuation of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Amar Singh on the standing committee. Hazare camps voluble spokesman Arvind Kejriwal had mocked them for being referees on the Lokpal. While Singh has since parted ways with Samajwadi Party which has now asked Congress for his removal from the panel, Lalu is belligerently opposed to civil societys offensive and made no bones about it in the special debate in Lok Sabha on Saturday. Sources in the RJD camp said Lalu may not back out in the face of Hazare camps attack, especially after having repeatedly asked them to come to the standing committee with their Jan Lokpal draft instead of forcing Parliament to enact a bill of their choice. Civil society has put questions on Congress spokesman Manish Tewaris membership. The Ludhiana MP, known as a legal brain who is also on the JPC on spectrum, had attacked Hazare for corruption but has since regretted his statement, even issuing an appeal to the Gandhian to break his fast.

                                                                                                               
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