Lokpal Bill: A look at the parliamentary committee that will study the bill

Now that the standoff between Team Anna and Parliament is resolved, the theatre of action will shift to the parliamentary committee that is tasked with studying the Lok Pal Bill. Over the next few months, the committee on personnel, public grievances, law and justice, chaired by the Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi will call for comments from experts and stakeholders on not one, but three critical anti-corruption bills — the Lok Pal Bill, the Judicial Standards Bill, and the Whistleblowers Bill.

Team Anna has made much of the fact that the committee is composed of MPs such as Amar Singh and Lalu Prasad, who themselves have faced charges of corruption. ET on Sundayprofiles the committee which could decide the future shape of anti-corruption legislation in the country.
Other Members

Parimal Nathwani (Ind. | Jharkhand), Balavant alias Bal Apte (BJP | Maharashtra), OT Lepcha (SDF | Sikkim), Chandresh Kumari (Congress | Rajasthan), DB Chandre Gowda (BJP | Karnataka), Shailendra Kumar (SP | Uttar Pradesh), Kirori Lal Meena (Ind. | Rajasthan), Harin Pathak (BJP | Gujarat), NSV Chitthan (Congress | Tamil Nadu), Deepa Dashmunsi (Congress | West Bengal), Jyoti Dhurve (BJP | Madhya Pradesh), Monazir Hassan (JD-U | Bihar), Devji M Patel (BJP | Rajasthan), S Semmalai (AIADMK | Tamil Nadu), Vijay Bahadur Singh (BSP | Uttar Pradesh), Prabha Kishore Taviad (Congress | Gujarat), R Thamaraiselvan (DMK | Tamil Nadu), PT Thomas (Congress | Kerala). Six posts in the committee are currently vacant.