“I do not believe that four or five persons or a single NGO can claim to be better informed and be the sole repository of all knowledge,” Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told media persons here.
She was replying to questions on RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal comments that his group would focus on electoral reforms and judicial reforms after the drafting of the Lokpal Bill.
Soni said every citizen of the country enjoyed the right to air his views at appropriate fora or to his elected representative but it was upto the government to incorporate the same in Bills it plans to move in Parliament.
“What will be the nature of the law is for the Parliament to decide. Parliament is the final authority,” the minister said.
Minister’s remarks come in the wake of social activist Anna Hazare’s announcement to sit on an indefinite fast from 16th August if the Lokpal Bill was not passed by Parliament by then.