Team Anna may back Kejriwal's party during polls: Kiran Bedi

Team Anna may support Arvind Kejriwals yet-to-be launched political party when elections come, member of the new Team Anna Kiran Bedi said.
Team Anna may back Kejriwal's party during polls: Kiran Bedi

Team Anna may support ArvindKejriwals yet-to-be launched political party when electionscome, member of the new Team Anna Kiran Bedi said here today.

"We will support any honesty. Since he (Kejriwal)stands for promoting integrity, obviously he will be eligiblefor our support," she told reporters on the sidelines of theIndian School of Business (ISB) Leadership Summit-2013 today.

She said that Team Anna has no differences withKejriwal, saying that the activist-turned-politician haschosen the electoral way to fight corruption.

"There are no differences with Kejriwal. He wantedtake the electoral route and we wanted to take thenon-electoral route. It is his feeling that it is time to takethe electoral route," she said.

On the prime minister being exempted from the purviewof the Jan Lokpal Bill on issues such as Defence, ForeignAffairs and Law and Order, she said that issue is debatablefurther.

"We are waiting for the select committeerecommendations. I think the most important part of therecommendations will be how independent is the CBI, howindependent will be the director selected and whether he orshe can be reemployed or not, besides does he report to theLokpal or not," she said.

The select committee report on the Lokpal Bill whichhas recommended delinking creation of Lokayuktas in statesfrom the central bill, was tabled in the Rajya Sabha today.

The controversial bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha lastyear, faced opposition in the Rajya Sabha due to variousprovisions, including the one making it mandatory for statesto set up Lokayuktas.

The prime minister has been exempted from the ambit ofthe Lokpal Bill on issues of external and internal security,atomic energy, international relations and public order.

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