<p>"Citizen's Charter in the Lokpal Bill is a must. It will help people get their work done in a time-bound manner," prominent Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said.<br /><br />He said the charter was needed as government employees "deliberately" sit on files to cause delays and extract bribes.<br /><br />"Citizen's Charter will effectively check this," he said.Inclusion of such a charter was one of the three key demands put forward by Team Anna for Anna Hazare to call off his hunger strike at Ramlila Maidan here in August.<br /><br />Parliament had urged the Standing Committee to consider this demand. However, the draft bill does not provide for a Citizen's Charter and, instead, the Government has prepared a draft Public Greivances Bill.<br /><br />Another activist Kiran Bedi said government's stand was not clear yet on the issue of bringing anti-corruption wing of CBI under Lokpal.<br /><br />"Anti-corruption wing of CBI must come under an independent Lokpal. (Government's stand is) not clear yet," she said.</p>
<p>"Citizen's Charter in the Lokpal Bill is a must. It will help people get their work done in a time-bound manner," prominent Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal said.<br /><br />He said the charter was needed as government employees "deliberately" sit on files to cause delays and extract bribes.<br /><br />"Citizen's Charter will effectively check this," he said.Inclusion of such a charter was one of the three key demands put forward by Team Anna for Anna Hazare to call off his hunger strike at Ramlila Maidan here in August.<br /><br />Parliament had urged the Standing Committee to consider this demand. However, the draft bill does not provide for a Citizen's Charter and, instead, the Government has prepared a draft Public Greivances Bill.<br /><br />Another activist Kiran Bedi said government's stand was not clear yet on the issue of bringing anti-corruption wing of CBI under Lokpal.<br /><br />"Anti-corruption wing of CBI must come under an independent Lokpal. (Government's stand is) not clear yet," she said.</p>