How the PM repeated himself in Kolkata today

August 22, 2011 14:34

The PM who is in Kolkata today said the government is open to a "reasoned debate" on the Lokpal Bill and that the Parliamentary panel examining it can propose changes. "We are open to a reasoned debate on all these issues," Singh said at the golden jubilee function of the Indian Institute of Management in Joka, Kolkata.
Apparently referring to the demand of Anna Hazare that the Jan Lokpal Bill should be placed in Parliament, Singh acknowledged that there were differences of views in the Lokpal Bill introduced by the Government. "We have introduced the bill in Parliament which is now before the Standing Committee. There are differences of views on details of the bill," Singh said.

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