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Hours to keep the Jan Lokpal promise

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Hours to keep the Jan Lokpal promise

MPs charged with drawing up the Lokpal bill are divided on whether to draft a strong law and will meet today to finalise the details. Our action now now can hold MPs to the promises they made to Anna Hazare and save our anti-corruption bill from being watered down.

A Parliamentary committee is drafting a Lokpal that excludes 5.7 million junior officials as well as the Prime Minister and the Central Bureau of Investigations -- serving their own self interest over the people's demand to stop corruption for good. But public pressure is causing disagreement and committee members are turning on each other in an effort to save face. The pressure is working. Now we can tip the balance.

We have no time to lose -- the final Lokpal bill is being drafted today. Click below to send a message directly to the MPs on the committee, calling on them to bring forward the comprehensive anti-corruption law that they promised, and India deserves:

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