PM Modi has 'chosen' not to appoint Lokpal, invite a mere eyewash: Congress

The Modi government had urged Kharge to join Thursday's meeting of the Selection Committee as a special invitee

Questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government's intent over their failure in appointing a Lokpal in four years of their rule so far, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the Congress party's Mallikarjun Kharge, on Wednesday declined the government's offer to attend the meeting of the Selection Committee for Lokpal appointment. Kharge revealed his decision, which he took because he had been invited as a "special invitee", in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. 

The Modi government had invited Kharge for Thursday's meeting of the Selection Committee as a special invitee. However, Kharge rebuffed