India's effort to have an anti-graft ombudsman in the form of a Lokpal institution may have caught national attention only now. But parliament has made eight attempts since 1968 to pass a Lokpal bill, a different version each time, all in vain. The bill was first brought before the fourth Lok Sabha in 1968 and passed in 1969. The legislation was revived in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, and 2001, but never survived. he latest Lokpal bill introduced in the Lok Sabha Aug 4 is the ninth version of the legislation before parliament. It is has been referred to a parliamentary standing committee and parliament will decide its fate.
From 1968 to 2011, the bill has come before parliament under seven prime ministers beginning with Indira Gandhi. only V.P. Singh, H.D. Deve Gowda and Atal Bihari Vajpayee agreed to have prime ministers under the law's purview. However, none of these eight bills had the judiciary under its purview.
The government under V.P. Singh was the next to bring a Lokpal Bill in the ninth Lok *Sabha and it was sent to a parliamentary standing committee in 1989. But the bill lapsed due to dissolution of the Lok Sabha.
Again, the Third Front government under Deve Gowda introduced the bill in 1996 and the parliamentary standing committee submitted its recommendations in 1997 suggesting amendments to it. The bill again lapsed after the Lok Sabha was dissolved.
Vajpayee's National Democratic Alliance government introduced the bill twice, once during the 12th Lok Sabha and again in the 13th Lok Sabha.
While the 12th Lok Sabha was dissolved before the government could take a view on the parliamentary standing committee recommendations, the 12th Lok Sabha too met the same fate before the bill could be passed.
From 1968 to 2011, the bill has come before parliament under seven prime ministers beginning with Indira Gandhi. only V.P. Singh, H.D. Deve Gowda and Atal Bihari Vajpayee agreed to have prime ministers under the law's purview. However, none of these eight bills had the judiciary under its purview.
The government under V.P. Singh was the next to bring a Lokpal Bill in the ninth Lok *Sabha and it was sent to a parliamentary standing committee in 1989. But the bill lapsed due to dissolution of the Lok Sabha.
Again, the Third Front government under Deve Gowda introduced the bill in 1996 and the parliamentary standing committee submitted its recommendations in 1997 suggesting amendments to it. The bill again lapsed after the Lok Sabha was dissolved.
Vajpayee's National Democratic Alliance government introduced the bill twice, once during the 12th Lok Sabha and again in the 13th Lok Sabha.
While the 12th Lok Sabha was dissolved before the government could take a view on the parliamentary standing committee recommendations, the 12th Lok Sabha too met the same fate before the bill could be passed.
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