Minority quota in Lokpal? What’s wrong, ask two ex-CJIs

The setting aside of 50% of seats in the proposed Lokpal for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, women and minorities, triggered a sharp debate within parties today around a central, normative question: should social diversity, especially inclusion of minorities, weigh in an empowered body to “fight corruption?” While the BJP has opposed it and Team Anna, caught off-guard on a sensitive political issue, has declined to comment, legal experts are divided — an indication of the protracted debate that lies ahead. The quota is for places on the proposed nine-member Lokpal bench.

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