"I would be convening an all party parliamentary meeting soon where we would go through the draft Lokayukta Bill prepared by anti-graft activists," Sangma was quoted by leading women NGO leader Agnes Kharshiing as stating.
Anti-graft activists spearheaded by the Meghalaya Right to Information Movement (MRTIM) and other influential NGOs in the state met the Chief Minister in this regard.
They demanded the introduction of a new Meghalaya Lokayukta Bill and to quash the old Act which they said was "toothless".
Meghalaya enacted a Meghalaya Lokayukta & Up-lokayukta Act in 2002 and made rules for it in 2007.
Thousands participated at a state-wide 'signature campaign' organized by the Federation of Khasi
