The civil society activists will meet the United Progressive Alliance chairperson at her 10, Janpath residence at around 16:30 hours. It was earlier scheduled for June 30, but was cancelled.
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Lokpal Bill row: Hazare to meet Sonia today
Image: Congress President Sonia GandhiThe civil society members met BJP veteran LK Advani, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley to garner support for their version of the Jan Lokpal Bill.
In an endeavor to build a consensus on the Jan Lokpal Bill drafted by the civil society activists, Hazare met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar earlier on Thursday.
He also met Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary AB Bardhan in this regard.
Lokpal Bill row: Hazare to meet Sonia today
Image: Hazare met senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani on FridayHazare is meeting political leaders across the board to build a consensus on the Bill that members of the civil society have drafted -- a key element of which is to include the Prime Minister under the purview of the Lokpal.
Civil society representatives and social activists Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi earlier met Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Prakash Karat in this regard.Lokpal Bill row: Hazare to meet Sonia today
Image: Hazare with civil society member Arvind Kejriwal outside the Parliament in New DelhiPhotographs: Reuters
The final meeting between the government and civil society representatives on the Lokpal Bill ended in New Delhi on June 21 with differences continuing to persist on six issues including bringing the post of the prime minister under the purview of Lokpal.
Two sets of drafts- one by the government and the other by the civil society representatives would now be circulated amongst political parties and then would be forwarded to the cabinet for the final drafting of the Bill.
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