New Delhi: Team Anna members on Thursday met the Standing Committee of Parliament and make a formal presentation of their viewpoints in a bid to demand constitutional amendments to widen the powers of the Jan Lokpal Bill.
The meeting will continue on Friday and Anna Hazare is expected to join the meeting.
"We will meet with Team Anna Again tomorrow and there will be an internal meetingg after. We hope to finalise it soon," said Standing Committee chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
The team's viewpoints included the conduct of MPs in Parliament and doing away with the sanction for prosecution required for bureaucrats in the Bill.
"We have explained amendments sought in the Lokpal Bill along lines of the Jan Lokpal Bill and Uttarakhand Lokayukt Bill," said Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan.
Sources say Anna Hazare left his village Ralegan Siddhi for New Delhi at around 3 pm on Thursday, and he is expected to end his vow of silence and attend the meeting of the Standing Committee on Friday.
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Manish Sisodia met Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Wednesday.
The topic of discussion included Jan Lokpal Bill and local self governance, sources said.
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