Supporting Anna Hazare’s movement for a strong Lokpal Bill, former chief election commissioner J M Lyngdoh on Friday advocated an independent body to handle corruption cases and said its jurisdiction should extend to the Prime Minister.
“We need a Anna Hazare kind of a system to handle corruption…Everyone, including the Prime Minister, should be brought under the jurisdiction of the anti-graft body. We need an independent body to decide whether they have done any wrong,” he said at a panel discussion on ‘Governance has lost relevance in today’s India’ here.
A Storied New York Hilton Adds a Grim Chapter to Its History
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The hotel, on West 54th Street, was where journalists examined the Pentagon
Papers and where Donald Trump delivered a 2016 victory speech.
