Hazare proposes Justices Verma, Hegde as chairman of Lokpal Bill panel
Gandhian Anna Hazare pitched for former CJI J S Verma or former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde as chairman of the joint committee to draft an effective Lokpal bill instead of government's suggestion that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee should head it. Noting that the government has proposed the name of Mukherjee to head the committee, Hazare asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a letter to reconsider it as "people are demanding a non-political person as the chairperson." In his letter to Singh, Hazare wanted that the government should come out with a formal notification or a government order on the constitution of the committee, composition of members, its time-line and terms. "Despite an outcry for me to become the chairperson, I am not interested in holding any position. I propose the name of Justice J S Verma or Justice Santosh Hegde to be made the chairperson," he said. The letter was the first communication between the Gandhian and the government aft