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Your Say: How to resolve Lokpal stand-off

August 22, 2011 18:08 IST
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The United Progressive Alliance government and Team Anna Hazare are finding it tough to walk a middle path on the proposed Lokpal Bill draft

If the government desires, it can pass 15 bills in five minutes. But for the anti-corruption bill, they are taking more than 42 years. So how many more years will they take? That's what Anna Hazare and his 'team' say they are asking the government.

On the other hand, the Manmohan Singh government, which has already placed the draft bill before a parliamentary committee, is unwilling to relent on Hazare's demand that his version of the bill be passed as a law.

As the two sides battle behind-the-scenes, we ask you dear reader, to suggest five ways to resolve the stand-off so that an effective Lokpal bill can be introduced and passed in Parliament

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