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| Bhushan CD not tampered with |
| Bhushan CD not tampered with: Sources
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| INDIA
, 21-April-2011
4:17:11 AM |
| It threatens to be another day drenched in controversy for the civil activists who are leading India's anti-corruption movement.
A government forensic lab has reported that a CD that allegedly has Shanti Bhushan stating that a judge can be bribed for four crores is not doctored. The report was submitted to the Delhi Police today. However, sources say that the same lab has said that it needs more material for a conclusive finding.
Mr Bhushan, who has served as the country's law minister, was picked by civil activist Anna Hazare as the co-chairman of a new committee that is drafting an anti-corruption bill. Earlier this month, Mr Hazare went on a hunger strike to demand that the government get down straight away to the business of introducing the new Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's Ombudsman Bill). Because the bill will target politicians, Mr Hazare said they cannot have sole charge. With lakhs of Indians throwing their weight behind Mr Hazare, the government agreed to the 72-year-old's demands. The Lokpal Bill's Drafting Committee now includes five ministers and five non-elected representatives, including Mr Hazare, Mr Bhushan and his son, Prashant. (Watch: Bhushans - Smear campaign or fair game?)
Since then, the Bhushans have stared at a series of allegations that suggest they are ill-placed to be anti-corruption crusaders. Civil activists like Mr Hazare have backed the Bhushans , accusing some within the Congress party among others of launching "a smear campaign" to damage their credibility and to thwart the role of civil activists in the drafting of the Lokpal Bill. Others- mainly politicians like Amar Singh and Digvijaya Singh - have said that the Bhushans must be held accountable to the same standards of ethics that they apply to politicians. Amar Singh today suggested that Shanti Bhushan should exit the drafting committee based on the lab report today on his CD.
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