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Lokpal ********** 'cordial' but more differences emerge

The Drafting Committee of the Lokpal Bill, combines five ministers and five non-elected representatives headed by Mr Hazare. It has recently been in the news, (and rather publicly) for huge and extremely visible differences of opinion. However, the winds of compatibility seem to blowing into the discussion chamber. According to this newspaper report, while the ministers are optimistic that their teething troubles seem to be over and the process is beginning to get smoother, the activists have reported that new issues seem to be surfacing…