Kharge Writes To PM Modi Declining Govt's 'Special Invitee' Offer For Lokpal Meeting

Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi declining the government바카라�s offer to attend the meeting of the Selection Committee for Lokpal appointment as a 바카라�special invitee바카라�.

The government had invited him for today바카라�s meeting of the Selection Committee as a special invitee.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kharge has said that a special invitee invitation is a 바카라�concerted effort바카라� to exclude the voice of the opposition in Lokpal selection.

As per the Lokpal Act, only the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha is a member of the Selection Committee and since Kharge is not the Leader of Opposition, he is not a part of the committee.

바카라�A special invitee invitation is a concerted effort to exclude the independent voice of the opposition altogether from the selection process of the most important anti- corruption watchdog,바카라� Kharge said in his letter to Modi.

"My mere presence as special invitee without rights of participation, recording of my opinion and voting would be a mere eyewash ostensibly aimed at showcasing the participation of the opposition in the selection process.

바카라�In these circumstances I must decline the invite as special invitee to uphold the inviolability of the Lokpal Act 2013 as the current proceedings have reduced a sacred procedure to a political presence,바카라� he said in the letter.