Pune, April 22: NCP president Sharad Pawar today said his party will “fully support” the proposed Lokpal Bill while safeguarding the power of Parliament.
“NCP will fully support the Lokpal Bill, (while) safeguarding the powers of Parliament, to eliminate the disease of corruption”, he said, addressing a party meeting here.
Pawar said in order to enact the Lokpal Bill, the Government had shown willingness to accommodate “outsiders on the drafting committee”.
The menace of corruption disturbed the society and there was a need to frame a legislation that would rein in the people’s representatives, he added
-Agencies