More trouble is in store for the Lokpal Bill drafting panel with Justice Santosh Hegde, a key-member of the drafting committee seriously contemplating stepping down from the panel
More trouble is in store for the Lokpal Bill drafting panel with Justice Santosh Hegde, a key-member of the drafting committee seriously contemplating stepping down from the panel.
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Speaking to MiD DAY, Hegde said, "There appears to be a campaign against the panel and hence, I want to reconsider my decision." He added that he had very reluctantly agreed to be on the panel. "Now that I see this smear campaign, it saddens me." Hegde is set to consult other civil society members before taking a final decision.
Hegde however refused to comment on the Bhushan's saying he leaves the decision to quit the drafting committee to the father-son duo.
On Congress leader Digvijay Singh's remark that he was protecting CM Yeddyurappa, Hegde said, "I am hurt by his comment. But being a retired judge, I do not have the energy to fight this."
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