Team Anna wants special Par session to pass Lokpal Bill

New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) Team Anna on Sunday hoped that
the Indian government will convene a special session of
Parliament to pass the Lokpal Bill in a month's time.
Team member and senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan said the
government has told them that it would include all the three
issues in the Bill and send it to the Standing Committee
concerned.
"We hope that the government convenes a special session
of Parliament within a month's time to pass Lokpal Bill," he
said in Ramlila Maidan, minutes after Anna Hazare ended his
fast.
"By that time, we hope that the Standing Committee also
completes its work so that the Bill can be passed," the
Supreme Court lawyer said.
Asked about their stand on their government version of
Lokpal Bill, Bhushan said there is no point in demanding its
withdrawal now as Parliament has agreed in-principle on three
issues raised by the Team Anna.
Meanwhile, activist and another team member Medha Patkar
dismissed suggestions that Team Anna was divided.
"We don't have any differences among us. The reports that
I and Prashant Bhushan went to negotiate with the government
because we are moderate are totally untrue," she said.
"First of all that day it was decided that I and Prashant
Bhushan will go as different people engaged in different
activities," she said.
Patkar said she would not have joined the negotiating
team
if she had any inclination that it will lead to speculation
about differences among the members.
"Our views are very clear. We take decisions unitedly. We
consider Arvind and his team as real core team," Patkar said.