It's a good step: Hazare

Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday night welcomed as a “good” step the government's move to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill.

The Congress said the government was not under “any pressure” to bring out the deliberations in the public domain.

Mr. Hazare said the move would lead to more transparency and would build up public confidence in the government.

A key member of Team Anna Santosh Hegde, however, voiced apprehensions whether the CDs containing the recordings would be edited. He said the government decision was “belated.”

Mr. Hazare said: “It is a good thing. Transparency should always be there. If more transparency is there, public confidence will build up. So this government's decision is good.”

Congress spokesman Rashid Alvi said: “We should appreciate the decision of the government... People will come to know about our stand and their [Team Anna] stand.”